Yacht sinks outside Golden Gate

[mbianka]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Anyone know what the weather/sea state was like..?
Looks pretty flat round that CG boat.. unless its a 'stock pic'...
Best wishes for a live recovery..

Got some photo's here of the sinking boat. Does not look to be to terrible at least when the photo was taken:
Update: Coast Guard, partners continue to search for possible persons in the water off of Golden Gate Bridge

What is disturbing is this:
"Coast Guard, National Park Service, and local agency personnel continue to search for possible people in the water off the sailing vessel Alma in the vicinity of Yellow Bluff, near the Golden Gate Bridge.
The Coast Guard used information from the vessel's Emergency Personal Indicator Radio Beacon (EPIRB) and vessel operator's personal GPS tracker to narrow the search area and determine vessel departed the Grand St. Marina in Alameda, Sunday evening, with the intent to sail to Hawaii."

So the boat was sailing to Hawaii and never made it out of the harbor. It had an EPIRB activated and a personal GPS tracker and the sailor still was not found.
Shows how much of a crap shoot ones chance of rescue really are or something funny is going on. Too early to say which is the case here.

[boatman61]

Thanks Mike.. did wonder if it was a man overboard but with both EPIRB and PLB going off that's out...
If he'd jumped in a dinghy/liferaft he'd be found by now I'da thought.. or made it ashore.. very strange.. 24hrs gone and close in with no trace.. other than the boat.

[mbianka]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Thanks Mike.. did wonder if it was a man overboard but with both EPIRB and PLB going off that's out...
If he'd jumped in a dinghy/liferaft he'd be found by now I'da thought.. or made it ashore.. very strange.. 24hrs gone and close in with no trace.. other than the boat.

Boatman:

I'm not so sure it was a PLB. CG makes it sound like it was a PLB but, it might have been something like a SPOT tracker. Which would also have stayed with the boat. Hopefully we will get more details on what this sailors plans were and what he did actually have on board. Like a liferaft dingy etc...