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Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Boater Off Salisbury After 47-Foot Vessel Sinks

Hazardous surf from Hurricane Erin hampered three days of air, sea, dive operations.

Overview

  • The search was halted at 7:53 p.m. Monday after roughly 22 hours of active coverage without locating the missing man, who is believed to be in his 50s.
  • The missing boater went overboard Saturday after the 47-foot Great White capsized near the mouth of the Merrimack River; the boat later sank.
  • The vessel’s owner was rescued by the Coast Guard on Saturday and was taken to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in stable condition.
  • Massachusetts State Police, the U.S. Coast Guard, Environmental Police, and local police, fire, and harbormaster teams conducted searches using helicopters, small boats, divers, and sonar.
  • Officials reported 6–8 foot swells, life-threatening rip currents, and beach closures during the effort, and some wreckage from the vessel was recovered; the men have not been publicly identified.