FL FL - Ace Kimberly & his 3 kids missing off coast near Englewood, 21 June 2016

drjones · Jun 22, 2016

http://www.nbc-2.com/story/32277362/3-minors-1-adult-sought-at-sea-by-coast-guard#.V2pYW_krKHs

FORT MYERS - The United States Coast Guard, as well as the Boca Grad Fire Department, are on the search for a boat at sea off the Gulf coast near Englewood.
He and his 13 and 15-year old sons and 17-year-old daughter are aboard the missing 29-foot sailboat, according to officials. They were last heard from Sunday morning.

JerseyGirl · Jun 22, 2016

The man, his 13 and 15-year-old sons and 17-year-old daughter, departed from Sarasota around 7 a.m. aboard a 29-foot sailboat en-route to Fort Myers to repair the vessel.

Later that day, around 3 p.m., the man called his brother and said the boat was in six-foot seas, and he was attempting to survive with his children offshore of Englewood.

http://www.abc-7.com/story/32277725/3-minors-1-adult-sought-at-sea-by-coast-guard

JerseyGirl · Jun 22, 2016

There were reports the white boat had no name and no radio.

The Coast Guard tweeted an update Wednesday morning:

#UPDATE #BreakingNews @USCGSoutheast C130 aircrew conducting first light search for missing family. pic.twitter.com/s4REO1fwgD

— USCGSoutheast (@USCGSoutheast) June 22, 2016

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/search-underway-off-fla-for-sailboat-carrying-father-3-teens/

JerseyGirl · Jun 22, 2016

The 29-foot sailboat left Sarasota on Sunday morning around 7 a.m. and was heading to Ft. Myers to repair the sailboat.

The family lived on the sailboat.

http://wfla.com/2016/06/21/coast-guard-boat-with-father-3-sons-missing-near-englewood/

Blondie in Spokane · Jun 22, 2016

I've been reading about this all morning and it sure doesn't sound good at all. I wasn't aware they were taking the boat to Ft. Myers for repair and have no radio onboard. It sure sounds like a horrific situation but am hoping against hope they are found quickly and safely.

drjones · Jun 22, 2016

supposed to be a coast guard update at 10am, will post a link if its being covered live.

drjones · Jun 22, 2016

Blondie in Spokane said:
I've been reading about this all morning and it sure doesn't sound good at all. I wasn't aware they were taking the boat to Ft. Myers for repair and have no radio onboard. It sure sounds like a horrific situation but am hoping against hope they are found quickly and safely.

no radio, no epirb = no good.

InspectorGadget · Jun 22, 2016

Praying for this family.

SeaEclipse · Jun 22, 2016

drjones said:
no radio, no epirb = no good.

No radio is bad news, but they did at least have a cell phone. Hopefully they can at least track that until it went dead. I don't really understand why the dad would have called his brother but not 911 though... Even if he didn't think things were bad enough to call 911 at the time, you'd think he'd have dialed once things got worse/if he realized his phone was dying. I hope that doesn't mean a big wave suddenly swamped the boat?

drjones · Jun 22, 2016

looks like the update has been delayed until 11

drjones · Jun 22, 2016

should have the update live here soon;

http://www.nbc-2.com/category/305197/watch-live-coast-guard-gives-update-on-missing-father-3-teens

Jen Darme · Jun 22, 2016

One of the WINK reporters said there are reports of a debris field 10 miles from Sanibel. That could be the delay.

drjones · Jun 22, 2016

oh no - debris field contained 6 life jackets, a tarp, etc - items were confirmed to be from the missing vessel

ClaireNC · Jun 22, 2016

They did 8 searches yesterday and last night. On the 9th search this morning they found a debris field

with items that correlated with things that the family is known to have on the boat.

Prayers to the family...

They were know to have two kayaks that they were towing behind them. They found 6 life jackets while there were 7 on board. So there is some hope.

Debris field was found near Sanibel Island about 30 miles off-shore.

sweetcaro · Jun 22, 2016

Awful. 😟

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Jen Darme · Jun 22, 2016

And 33 miles offshore.

ETA: that's 33 nautical miles = 38 miles

ClaireNC · Jun 22, 2016

Family was living in the boat anchored in Sarasota for about a year. It was not in great shape and they were traveling to Ft. Myers to his brothers place to do repairs.

ClaireNC · Jun 22, 2016

UPDATE: Coast Guard identifies family missing off Florida coast

The U.S. Coast Guard has identified the missing father and three teenagers who were last seen on Sunday aboard a sailboat off Florida’s Gulf Coast.

The family members are Ace Kimberly, 45, and his teenagers Roger Kimberly, 13, Donny Kimberly, 15, and Rebecca Kimberly, 17 of Sarasota.

Jen Darme · Jun 22, 2016

From the Coast Guard's announcement of the press conference: https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/4007/2857494/

An HC-130 Hercules fixed-wing rescue aircrew and an MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew from Air Station Clearwater, a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew from Station Fort Myers Beach, a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew from Station Cortez, Florida, and the Coast Guard Cutter Alligator are currently conducting searches.

Station Fort Myers Beach activated the Maritime Emergency Response Team which includes numerous state and local maritime emergency responders.

Air Station Miami also aided in the search.

moonriverfarm · Jun 22, 2016

Do you just NOT wear life jackets on a boat????? Especially a sailboat needing repairs? And he called his brother with the news he was in rough seas...yet nobody put a life jacket on.

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