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Boat is a tiny inflatable most would use as a way to get to shore in a protected area. Cannot imagine the "joy" pulling shrimp pots from it... https://www.ktuu.com/content/news/C...oat-spotted-near-Whittier-510773011.htmlCoast Guard launches search after empty boat spotted near Whittier The Alaska Coast Guard is searching the water near Whittier after a boat with no one on board was spotted. From: USCG By The Associated Press | Posted: Mon 12:24 PM, Jun 03, 2019 | Updated: Mon 12:56 PM, Jun 03, 2019 ANCHORAGE (AP) - The Coast Guard is searching waters east of Whittier after a small boat with no one on board was spotted in the area. A 10-foot blue and gray Zodiac was reported adrift at 7:30 a.m. Monday in Passage Canal. The boat carried fishing gear, line, oars and cat food, which can be used as shrimp bait. The boat had no motor and no identifying numbers on the hull. The agency has not received a distress call but command duty officer Mike McNeil says crews are responding as though someone fell out. The Coast Guard launched a Jayhawk helicopter from Kodiak, a response boat crew from Valdez and an auxiliary crew out of Whittier to search. The Coast Guard is asking anyone with information about the boat to call. Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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I wonder if a boat might have sank out there and they were trying to get off it? Kinda weird to have a dighy like that out there with no motor.
That's ok, I'll ass shoot a dink.
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Tiny thing, yup... but I doubt it was anything more than someone thinking he could shrimp from a dinghy. And he had shrimping stuff in the boat.
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Tiny thing, yup... but I doubt it was anything more than someone thinking he could shrimp from a dinghy. And he had shrimping stuff in the boat. The no motor thing is a bit odd don't you think?
That's ok, I'll ass shoot a dink.
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If they got tangled in a line - which would be easy to do throwing pots from a 10 foot zodiac - they might be pretty hard to find.
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If they got tangled in a line - which would be easy to do throwing pots from a 10 foot zodiac - they might be pretty hard to find. Shrimp won't have any problem finding them...
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Tiny thing, yup... but I doubt it was anything more than someone thinking he could shrimp from a dinghy. And he had shrimping stuff in the boat. The no motor thing is a bit odd don't you think? Quite the opposite... those tiny things do not have much intended range and rowing to shore is pretty standard.
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Owner found; everyone safe.
It was windy as hell last night in passage. Sound was pretty calm but when we came back into sight of Whittier late evening it was gusting 30+.
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Owner found; everyone safe.
It was windy as hell last night in passage. Sound was pretty calm but when we came back into sight of Whittier late evening it was gusting 30+. Not much of a story-teller, are you? 
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Do not feel bad, you are not the only one that cannot tell a story! https://www.ktuu.com/content/news/C...oat-spotted-near-Whittier-510773011.htmlCoast Guard: Owner of drifting boat found, no one in dangerThe Alaska Coast Guard is searching the water near Whittier after a boat with no one on board was spotted. From: USCG By The Associated Press | Posted: Mon 12:24 PM, Jun 03, 2019 | Updated: Mon 2:59 PM, Jun 03, 2019 ANCHORAGE (AP) - Update 3 p.m. Monday, June 3: The Coast Guard says it has found the owner of an inflatable boat found adrift near Whittier, and that no one is in danger. Original Associated Press story: The Coast Guard is searching waters east of Whittier after a small boat with no one on board was spotted in the area. A 10-foot blue and gray Zodiac was reported adrift at 7:30 a.m. Monday in Passage Canal. The boat carried fishing gear, line, oars and cat food, which can be used as shrimp bait. The boat had no motor and no identifying numbers on the hull. The agency has not received a distress call but command duty officer Mike McNeil says crews are responding as though someone fell out. The Coast Guard launched a Jayhawk helicopter from Kodiak, a response boat crew from Valdez and an auxiliary crew out of Whittier to search. The Coast Guard is asking anyone with information about the boat to call. Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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Owner found; everyone safe.
It was windy as hell last night in passage. Sound was pretty calm but when we came back into sight of Whittier late evening it was gusting 30+. Not much of a story-teller, are you? It was a dark and stormy night ... 
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Owner found; everyone safe.
It was windy as hell last night in passage. Sound was pretty calm but when we came back into sight of Whittier late evening it was gusting 30+. Not much of a story-teller, are you? It was a dark and stormy night ... Never more!
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The weather started getting rough. His tiny ship was tossed.
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The weather started getting rough. His tiny ship was tossed. LOL
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If they got tangled in a line - which would be easy to do throwing pots from a 10 foot zodiac - they might be pretty hard to find. Shrimp won't have any problem finding them... you fellows are rather cheerful today!!
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I can see why the guy that lost his boat would not want to tell anyone... they launched a lot of craft to find him...
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A terminal case of crabs! Shouldn't have been playin with his dingy!
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