Derelict 16 foot catamaran adrift in vicinity 32-39.77N 079-05.95W at 011750Z jan
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 4/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-01-04 19:31Z
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) · USNS 2ND LT JOHN P BOBO 011844Z JAN 20.. Issued 2020-01-01 19:31Z. 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 32.663, -79.099. 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
- 2020-01-01 19:31Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-01-04 19:31Z
- authority
- USNS 2ND LT JOHN P BOBO 011844Z JAN 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- USNS
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 32.663, -79.099
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. SOUTH CAROLINA. 1. DERELICT 16 FOOT CATAMARAN ADRIFT IN VICINITY 32-39.77N 079-05.95W AT 011750Z JAN. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 041931Z JAN 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.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
17 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- 36 foot F/V isabella disabled and anchored in vicinity 31-08.00N 079-54.00W at 172225Z feb2024-02-17
- 40 foot M/V seh disabled and adrift in 30-34.80N 079-34.80W2023-03-10
- F/V kimberly l disabled and anchored in 31-06.77N 080-26.70W2019-03-21
- 33 foot S/V disabled and adrift in 30-56.21N 079-33.55W2018-05-27
- Derelict 38 foot S/V shunpiker, white hull with green stripe, adrift in 32-03.8N 076-26.2W2011-11-05
- Derelict 27 foot S/V, blue and white hull, adrift in 30-47.5N 079-07.8W2004-01-05
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
4 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 17:56Z; 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.