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Single handed atlantic crossing in drifting three meter barrel-shaped vessel, orange hull, in vicinity…

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 208/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-03-15 10:12Z

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) · SFH 130930Z MAR 19.. Issued 2019-03-14 10:49Z. 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 22.975, -43.559. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2019-03-14 10:49Z
status
Archived notice
authority
SFH 130930Z MAR 19.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
SFH
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
22.975, -43.559
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTH ATLANTIC.
1. SINGLE HANDED ATLANTIC CROSSING IN DRIFTING
   THREE METER BARREL-SHAPED VESSEL, ORANGE HULL,
   IN VICINITY 22-58.50N 043-33.54W AT 140930Z MAR.
   VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
   LOOKOUT AND GIVE A WIDE BERTH.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 205/19.

Reading this warning

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.
Wide berth requested
Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
NAVAREA
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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

22 within 180 nm since 2009 · 1 in the last 12 months · 1 listed in force now

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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

20 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-24 18:30Z; source collection times vary.

Other

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