Missing in eight days between Tromso and Svalbard – not particularly experienced sailor – Dagbladet.no

(Dagbladet): When the family notified the Rescue Coordination Centre at 18.35 Saturday, no one had been in contact with the missing Bodo-man at sea between Tromso and Svalbard in almost eight days.

He sailed alone on the basis of Tromso 25 . August, planning to come ashore in Svalbard Vard five-six days later with the boat ‘Argo’ – a 27 foot sailboat branded Maxi 84.

– boyfriend was involved in sailing trip from Bodo to Tromso, and returned from there to Bodo. Everything should have been fine when she left the boat, said operations Ivar Bo Nilsson in Salten Police District told NRK Nordland.

Police in the man’s home town has been in contact with the family and helped JRCC gathering information.

the pilot responded

on Friday, August 27 is the last known contact with the man in his 30s from California.

– Then there was another vessels reacted to sail the boat’s navigation, and asked if he needed assistance. He replied that he had problems with the autopilot, but that he needed help, said rescue leader Frode Iversen at JRCC North Norway in Bodø Dagbladet at 16 o’clock.

Ships and planes have checked the few waterfront opportunities between Tromso and Svalbard without finding the missing sailboat there.

not particularly experienced

Sail stretch is between 550 and 600 nautical mil, equivalent linear distance between Tromso and Oslo.

– There are rough seas, but has not been extreme conditions in the area since the man sailed from Oslo, said rescue leader, who has been described that the slowing Northerner “is sjøvant but not particularly experienced sailor.”

It needed no special permission or registration to sail Tromso – Svalbard and rescue leaders do not know what kind of navigation or communication equipment man had with.

– very unusual

– It is very unusual that we are searching for vessels not have left some electronic tracks. And it has not helped if he has with his cell phone. Already thirty-six hours from Tromsø, where he had the last known contact, he was outside the area where the mobile phone works, said rescue leader.

– What is the most probable situation of the boat and sailor now?

– We know nothing but this type of boat is considered to be good seaworthy. So it is likely that he is at sea somewhere, said rescue leader Frode Iversen.

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