S/V experience sank in 18-38.05N 048-35.62W
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2395/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-10-21 21:34Z
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) · MRCC FORT DE FRANCE 0/23 211638Z OCT 23.. Issued 2023-10-21 16:51Z. 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 18.634, -48.594. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- S/V experience sanklater cancellation notice
These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.
- HYDROLANT 2395/23 · this notice2023-10-21 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 2399/232023-10-21 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2023-10-21 16:51Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC FORT DE FRANCE 0/23 211638Z OCT 23.
- issued by
- MRCC FORT DE FRANCE
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 18.634, -48.594
- vessel
- S/V EXPERIENCE · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. DNC 01. S/V EXPERIENCE SANK IN 18-38.05N 048-35.62W. TWO PERSONS OVERBOARD, ONE PERSON IN LIFERAFT, ORANGE AND BLACK. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC FORT DE FRANCE, INMARSAT-C: 422799024, PHONE: 5965 9670 9292.
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.
- 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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
25 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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.
- Distress signal received in 21-28.60N 048-01.93W at 300940Z apr2024-04-30
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from kayak kraken in 17-29.00N 050-27.34W at 220500Z jan2024-01-22
- Distress signal received from vessel store bay in 19-25.80N 050-05.40W2024-01-03
- S/V experience sank2023-10-21
- Distress signal received in vicinity 19-45.00N 047-00.00W2023-08-21
- S/V stigher, four persons on board, dismasted and requesting assistance in 18-23.00N 050-19.00W at 112215Z dec2022-12-11
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
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 00:50Z; source collection times vary.
Incidents
Search-and-rescue broadcasts, published only once a case has been closed for 30 days: groundings, sinkings, capsizes, fires, man overboard, overdue vessels. Nothing here is live. All current distress & casualty cases (archived) →
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.