Search for missing inflatable boat near Gilchrist sailing club, Punta Gorda FL
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Missing PersonAccording to the dispatch call, authorities are searching for a missing inflatable dinghy near the Gilchrist sailing club in Punta Gorda. The boat likely came loose during a weekend storm and could be drifting in nearby waterways or canals. Officers are patrolling the shoreline to locate the boat and are advised to watch for a gray, 11 or 12-foot inflatable catamaran-style dinghy with a tiller outboard motor.
Audio|Heard on: Charlotte County Sheriff and Punta Gorda Police
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03:42
Transcript:
00:00
What about a Ops 7?
00:02
Marine 4?
00:03
Yeah,
00:06
I just want to give you guys an inflatable boat to look for.
00:09
Probably came loose from being tied to the seawall over the weekend.
00:14
Let me know when you're ready to receive it.
00:20
Ops 7, Marine 4, you copy?
00:24
Marine 4 is not answering even when I request him.
00:27
Acknowledged.
00:30
Want to go to echo 5.
00:37
Echo 5 heavy readback in regards to the jeep it's going to be a 2018 Jeep Wrangler sports utility vehicle negative blanche RO is going to be (name withheld) out of Minnesota.
00:51
Is there a tag associated with that?
00:57
Plate is going to be (number withheld).
01:03
Okay,
01:07
(number withheld).
01:14
CO4 is VECN, sir.
01:15
C.O4 is back in Surve.
01:20
T04.5, Fone of Gorgla.
01:21
Can you attempt to run that vehicle in RMS? See if it's been toast.
01:26
Number.
01:32
Top 7, Punaverda.
01:34
Top 7, go ahead.
01:36
Can you give you the last three digits of this CAD event number, please?
01:44
That'll be 502.
01:46
We're also trying to reach the Marine units on their cell phones.
01:51
Receive, thank you.
01:57
Come to go to Marine 4.
02:02
Marine 4, go ahead.
02:07
Marine 4 just received a phone call for us to contact Op 7.
02:15
7 Marine 4.
02:17
Ops 7, Marine 4. Ops 7, Marine 4, go.
02:23
I'm going to have an inflatable boat for you guys just keep an eye for when you're out on patrol.
02:28
It was parked over here by the sailing club over the weekend and has now come loose and drifting somewhere, we believe.
02:34
Let me know when you're ready for description.
02:38
Ops 7 Marine 4, could you say the location again, please?
02:42
It was tied up by the sailing club at Gilchrist, but it is no longer here.
02:46
We believe it came loose during the storm over the weekend.
02:51
Ops 7, Marine 4, 10.4.
02:52
We actually just pulled in there.
02:54
Didn't notice anything, but we'll slide by the shoreline and see if we see it.
02:58
Go ahead with your description.
03:00
It's going to be roughly 11 or 12 foot inflatable kayak-style dinghy with a tiller outboard motor.
03:08
It's going to be gray in color.
03:10
Very unique because it is an inflatable catamaran type boat.
03:13
It is no longer at Gilcrest, so I would say it probably drifted and sitting in the weeds or something somewhere in a canal or even across the bay.
03:22
But when you're on your patrols, if you could just keep an eye out for it.
03:27
Off seven, we're going to slide by the shoreline and check the back of some of these tendered boats.
03:35
Acknowledged, appreciate it.
03:36
Like I said, if you spot it,
03:38
let us know.
03:41
Off seven, Marine 4, acknowledged.
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