25 foot S/V disabled and adrift in 18-40.0N 081-12.8W
Caribbean Sea · HYDROLANT 1036/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-05-03 09:26Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · RCC MIAMI 170932Z APR 14.. Issued 2014-04-17 14:18Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 18.667, -81.213. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2014-04-17 14:18Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC MIAMI 170932Z APR 14.
- issued by
- RCC MIAMI
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 18.667, -81.213
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. CAYMAN ISLANDS. 25 FOOT S/V DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN 18-40.0N 081-12.8W. TWO PERSONS OVERBOARD. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO U.S. COAST GUARD MIAMI, PHONE: 305 415 6800, E-MAIL: RCCMIAMI@USCG.MIL.
Reading this warning
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
- Man overboard
- Someone has gone into the water from a vessel; ships in the area are asked to look for them.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
9 within 180 nm since 2003 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- Vessel disabled in 16-36.47N 080-28.47W2023-02-10
- Vessel disabled and adrift in 16-36.47N 080-28.47W2023-02-10
- Western caribbean sea 1. derelict barge mgm 3001, grey hull, reported partially submerged and adrift in…2021-11-02
- Derelict barge, red hull, reported partially submerged and adrift in 20-18.7N 083-35.5W at 292100Z oct2021-10-30
- Derelict 25 foot S/V sea fever II adrift vicinity 16-56.2N 081-13.2W2014-11-14
- Derelict 16 meter M/V, white hull adrift vicinity 19-31N 083-10W at 031940Z may2005-05-03
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 09:32Z; source collection times vary.
Derelicts
Abandoned, disabled or drifting vessels. All current derelict & adrift vessels →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.