33 foot S/V disabled and adrift in 30-56.21N 079-33.55W
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1677/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-06-15 12:43Z
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 272008Z MAY 18.. Issued 2018-05-27 20:21Z. 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
- North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 30.937, -79.559. 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 North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2018-05-27 20:21Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC MIAMI 272008Z MAY 18.
- issued by
- RCC MIAMI
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 30.937, -79.559
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. GEORGIA. DNC 15. 33 FOOT S/V DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN 30-56.21N 079-33.55W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC MIAMI, PHONE: 305 415 6800, E-MAIL: RCCMIAMI@USCG.MIL.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- 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.
- 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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
20 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- 36 foot F/V isabella disabled and anchored in vicinity 31-08.00N 079-54.00W at 172225Z feb2024-02-17
- 40 foot M/V seh disabled and adrift in 30-34.80N 079-34.80W2023-03-10
- Derelict 16 foot catamaran adrift in vicinity 32-39.77N 079-05.95W at 011750Z jan2020-01-01
- F/V kimberly l disabled and anchored in 31-06.77N 080-26.70W2019-03-21
- F/V straight flush disabled and adrift in 29-10.56N 077-30.40W2017-02-17
- 56 foot M/V capt stevie, blue and white hull, disabled and adrift vicinity 29-40N 077-23W2016-07-18
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
4 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 17:56Z; 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.