Derelict 20 foot kayak, red hull, adrift vicinity 23-14.4N 066-23.4W
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 329/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-04-28 22:10Z
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) · USCG SAN JUAN 252155Z APR 15.. Issued 2015-04-25 22:10Z. 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 23.240, -66.390. 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 North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2015-04-25 22:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2015-04-28 22:10Z
- authority
- USCG SAN JUAN 252155Z APR 15.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- USCG SAN JUAN
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 23.240, -66.390
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. 1. DERELICT 20 FOOT KAYAK, RED HULL, ADRIFT VICINITY 23-14.4N 066-23.4W. REPORTS TO U.S. COAST GUARD, PHONE: 787 289 2041, E-MAIL: SSJCC@USCG.MIL. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 282210Z APR 15.
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
8 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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 20 foot M/V opiquette 2, white hull adrift in vicinity 21-06.00N 067-25.00W2022-11-17
- Derelict 28 foot vessel adrift in vicinity 20-36.73N 066-57.60W2022-11-16
- S/V growltiger disabled and adrift in 21-03N 064-26W2015-11-13
- 36 foot S/V dismasted and adrift due to engine failure in 22-19.5N 066-28.2W at 170050Z feb2014-02-17
- Derelict 33 foot S/V pollux, white hull, adrift in 24-57.2N 064-56.7W on 23 nov2011-11-23
- Derelict vessel adrift vicinity 22-42N 064-54W at 22 nov2011-11-22
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 02:50Z; 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.