BOLO for Celebration

Pacific Ocean passagemakers are asked to be on the lookout for singlehander Richard Carr and his 36-ft Union cutter Celebration, which are missing. A member of the Pacific Puddle Jump fleet, Carr departed Puerto Vallarta on May 2, destined for Hiva Oa in the Marquesas, with an estimated arrival date of June 26. He’d been in touch with his family via DeLorme tracker, but his last report was on May 28, when his position was 06° 53’N 127° 35’W, on a course of 247° true at 0.7-1.1 knots. That latitude is notorious for a lack of wind, and, indeed, Celebration’s speed might indicate that she was merely drifting.

Celebration is equipped with marine VHF and SSB, and is possibly monitoring distress and calling frequency 8291 kilohertz. Her call sign is WDJ4510. Carr is described by the Coast Guard as a "71-year-old Caucasian male" and may be in distress. His daughter, Ali Carr Troxell, said that "recent attempts to ping his inReach showed that it is either off or ran out of batteries."

The rest of the Pacific Puddle Jump fleet have been emailed, but the majority of them have already reached French Polynesia. Anyone with information is requested to contact the US Coast Guard’s Joint Rescue Coordination Center in Honolulu at (808) 535-3333 or email [email protected].