Overview

• The F/V Seahorse departed Rock Harbor in Orleans on June 8 for a clamming trip and was last pinged two miles off Chatham on June 10.
• A coordinated search by the U.S. Coast Guard, Massachusetts Environmental Police, and State Police located the vessel off Eastham on June 11.
• Divers recovered Shawn Arsenault, 64, and Felicia Daley, 59, inside the wheelhouse without life jackets and no distress signal was sent.
• Witnesses told authorities that electronic gear—including radar and a fish finder newly installed by Arsenault—was thrown overboard shortly after departure.
• The Coast Guard continues to investigate the circumstances surrounding the boat’s rapid sinking in 25 feet of water.