18 meter S/V bastide otio, white hull, disabled and adrift in 44-19.5S 053-45.6E at 070050Z dec
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 3798/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-12-28 13:19Z
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) · AVURNAV LA REUNION 38/16 070556Z DEC 16.. Issued 2016-12-07 08:58Z. 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
- Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -44.325, 53.760. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 3620/16, 3621/16, 3625/16, 3650/16, 3686/16, 3687/16, 3688/16, 3689/16, 3762/16, 3765/16,…later cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 3798/16 · this notice2016-12-07 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3848/162016-12-11 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2016-12-07 08:58Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AVURNAV LA REUNION 38/16 070556Z DEC 16.
- issued by
- AVURNAV LA REUNION
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -44.325, 53.760
- vessel
- S/V BASTIDE OTIO · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. DNC 02. 18 METER S/V BASTIDE OTIO, WHITE HULL, DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN 44-19.5S 053-45.6E AT 070050Z DEC. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
2 within 180 nm since 2016 · 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.
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
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:55Z; 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.