UPDATE: Ron Ingram, 67, is believed to be the man who made a mayday call early Thursday reporting that his small boat was taking on water miles offshore of Kailua-Kona, the U.S. Coast Guard reports. Ingrahm is believed to be the sole person aboard the 25-foot sailing vessel “Malia” that departed Kaunakakai Harbor, Molokai, headed to Manele Bay, Lanai. A friend of Ingram called Coast Guard Sector Honolulu Command Center on Friday and said Tuesday was the last time he spoke with him. Despite more than 24 hours of searching, Coast Guard crews have turned up no sign of the vessel or man, said Lt. Scott Carr, a spokesman with the U.S. Coast Guard. Watchstanders at Sector Honolulu Command Center received a mayday call over VHF radio Ch. 16 at 8:03 a.m. Thursday from a mariner who stated his coordinates were 19 degrees, 58 minutes, 283 seconds north; 156 degrees, 46 minutes, 224 seconds west. That placed him about 46 miles west of Kailua-Kona. The mariner, now believed to be Ingrahm, reported flooding on his small boat before communications were lost.
Posted on: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 00:17:54 +0000
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