Derelict 38 foot S/V nepenthe, white hull, adrift in vicinity 25-47N 082-27W
Gulf of Mexico · NAVAREA IV 277/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-03-26 16:46Z
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) · COMCOGARD SECTOR ST PETERSBURG 261/20 260451Z MAR 20.. Issued 2020-03-26 07:27Z. 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 25.783, -82.450. 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
- Derelict 38 foot S/V nepenthe, white hull, adrift in vicinity 25-37.23N 082-27.37Wlater 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.
- NAVAREA IV 277/20 · this notice2020-03-26 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 278/202020-03-26 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Mexico →
- issued
- 2020-03-26 07:27Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-03-29 07:27Z
- authority
- COMCOGARD SECTOR ST PETERSBURG 261/20 260451Z MAR 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- COMCOGARD SECTOR ST PETERSBURG
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 25.783, -82.450
- vessel
- S/V NEPENTHE · 3 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF MEXICO. FLORIDA. 1. DERELICT 38 FOOT S/V NEPENTHE, WHITE HULL, ADRIFT IN VICINITY 25-47N 082-27W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 290727Z MAR 20.
Reading this warning
- Derelict
- An abandoned vessel still afloat and drifting, with no one on board.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
56 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.
- Derelict 40 foot S/V luna adrift in 25-25.66N 084-20.14W2024-03-13
- Derelict S/V, white hull, adrift in vicinity 24-38.64N 080-59.50W2023-10-28
- Derelict S/V breezy adrift in 27-52.21N 084-08.12W at 061200Z sep2023-09-06
- Vessel disabled freeport, bahamas (26-34.21N 078-41.16W) to west palm beach, fl (26-43.10N 080-01.69W)2023-05-05
- Derelict 40 foot vessel finale, white hull, adrift2023-01-24
- Derelict 180 foot M/V abshire tide, black hull, adrift in 25-10.93N 085-03.60W at 200630Z dec2022-12-20
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 03:11Z; 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.