Search continues for missing boater near Milford, Conn.

DATE: July 19, 2009 09:23:09 EST

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Public Affairs Detachment New York
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Date: July 19, 2009 Public Affairs (212) 668-7114

News Release

Search continues for missing boater near Milford, Conn.

NEW YORK – The U.S. Coast Guard and multiple agencies are continuing to search for a missing boater whose vessel was found two miles south of Charles Island near Milford, Conn., around 4:20 p.m. Saturday.

Reported to be missing is Raymond Callan, 57, of Fairfield, Conn.

Callan’s boat was found under power without anyone onboard and doing circles by the crew of the vessel Carpe Diem, who contacted the Coast Guard.

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Sailfish, homeported in Sandy Hook, N.J., remained on scene overnight and continued searching for the missing boater.

A rescue helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City and a 41-foot rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station New Haven launched to relieve the crew of the Sailfish and continue to search. A Coast Guard auxiliary boat crew is also assisting. The Sailfish will resume searching around noon today.

The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and Milford Police and Fire Departments also assisted in the search.

Weather on scene was reported as 10 mile-per-hour winds and two-foot seas at the time of the incident.

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