12 meter S/V esploristo, white hull with blue stripe, four persons on board, overdue marquesas islands…
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 3287/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-09-28 11:51Z
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) · JRCC TAHITI 081320Z SEP 18.. Issued 2018-09-08 13:43Z. 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
- South Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -13.692, -144.267. 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 South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2018-09-08 13:43Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JRCC TAHITI 081320Z SEP 18.
- issued by
- JRCC TAHITI
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -13.692, -144.267
- vessel
- S/V ESPLORISTO
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH PACIFIC. DNC 06. 12 METER S/V ESPLORISTO, WHITE HULL WITH BLUE STRIPE, FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD, OVERDUE MARQUESAS ISLANDS (09-46S 139-24W) TO TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO (17-37S 149-08W). VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JRCC TAHITI, INMARSAT-C: 582422799192, PHONE: 689 4054 1616, FAX: 689 4042 3915, E-MAIL: CONTACT@JRCC.PF.
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.
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- Overdue vessel
- A vessel has not arrived when expected and has not been heard from; ships are asked to look out for it.
- 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.
- 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)
19 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.
- Man overboard from F/V keylani in vicinity of trackline joining 12-42.57S 146-56.01W, 13-23.53S 147-14.46W2023-08-06
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V mata'u 2 in 13-41.60S 142-08.90W2022-05-27
- Six meter vessel, white hull, four persons onboard overdue takaroa island (14-27-24S 144-58-22W) to tikei…2020-10-08
- 12 meter S/V marisa, white hull with blue stripe, two persons on board, overdue katiu (16-25S 144-22W) to…2019-10-11
- 11 meter S/V sal darago, green hull, two persons on board, overdue nuku hiva (08-59.64S 140-05.22W) to…2019-05-12
- 10.5 meter S/V pompony-jo, white hull with blue stripe, one person on board, overdue hiva oa (09-45S…2016-09-06
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 02:33Z; 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.