35 foot S/V big bamboo, white hull, three persons on board, disabled and in need of diesel fuel in 23-38.6N…
Gulf of Mexico · HYDROLANT 870/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-06-11 09:09Z
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 NEW ORLEANS 240244Z MAY 11.. Issued 2011-05-24 03:19Z. 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
- Gulf of Mexico. The parsed report position is 23.643, -89.917. 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
- Florida to mexicocancelled by this 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 869/112011-05-24 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 870/11 · this notice2011-05-24 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Mexico →
- issued
- 2011-05-24 03:19Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC NEW ORLEANS 240244Z MAY 11.
- issued by
- RCC NEW ORLEANS
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 23.643, -89.917
- vessel
- S/V BIG BAMBOO · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF MEXICO. 1. 35 FOOT S/V BIG BAMBOO, WHITE HULL, THREE PERSONS ON BOARD, DISABLED AND IN NEED OF DIESEL FUEL IN 23-38.6N 089-55.0W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC NEW ORLEANS, PHONE: 504 589 6225. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 869/11.
Reading this warning
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROLANT
- The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
38 within 180 nm since 2008 · 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 on 406 mhz from aircraft in 26-14.50N 091-31.00W at 270755Z jan2024-01-27
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 72 foot F/V vally, black and yellow hull in 25-38.10N 088-07.00W at…2024-01-06
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 40 foot vessel in 24-54.20N 088-07.30W at 261211Z mar2023-03-26
- Vessel, eight persons on board, requesting assistance in 26-27.89N 089-14.70W at 010723Z mar2023-03-01
- Vessel capsized and adrift in 26-24.71N 090-53.16W at 131412Z oct2018-10-13
- Vessel taking on water in 25-28.34N 091-50.30W at 260402Z feb2018-02-26
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 2026-10-03 00:06Z; 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.