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S/V prarie fox in need of assistance in 17-47.46N 066-43.64W at 230748Z mar

Caribbean Sea · HYDROLANT 644/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-03-31 09:39Z

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) · USCG SAN JUAN 230749Z MAR 12.. Issued 2012-03-23 08:20Z. 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 17.791, -66.727. 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: 2012-03-23 08:20Z
status: Archived notice
authority: USCG SAN JUAN 230749Z MAR 12.
issued by: USCG SAN JUAN
sea: Caribbean Sea
position: 17.791, -66.727
vessel: S/V PRARIE FOX
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

PUERTO RICO-SOUTH COAST.
S/V PRARIE FOX IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE IN
17-47.46N 066-43.64W AT 230748Z MAR.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP
A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO USCG SAN JUAN, PHONE: 787 289 2041,
E-MAIL: SSJCC@USCG.MIL.

Reading this warning

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.
Date-time group (DTG): A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · other warnings

9 within 180 nm since 2012 · 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.

One red flare sighted in 19-58.00N 067-35.00W2023-01-16
Vessel anne bonny requesting assistance in 19-34.74N 065-24.19W2019-08-29
13 foot S/V in need of assistance in 18-10.2N 064-13.7W2015-06-22
Cabo san juan light 18-22.9N 065-37.1W at reduced intensity2014-10-26
Red flare sighted vicinity 17-46N 069-48W2014-03-18
Four orange flares sighted in 17-42N 069-30W2013-10-17

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

Cabo engano lighthouse 18-36.80N 068-19.50W unlitNav aids · 103.6 nm
Punta laguna light 18-08.3N 068-45.3W unlitNav aids · 117.7 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

21 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-25 02:30Z; source collection times vary.

Other

Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →

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.