Adrift sailboat reported near Fort Pierce Inlet

Heard on: Port Canaveral Marine Channels 12 and 16

01:43

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

Request to know if the mariner that was hailing out about an adrift sailboat can I get a GPS position on that? Over.

00:16

Captain, you said the FWC is on scene currently.

00:19

Over.

00:27

FWC Fort Pierce, FWC Fort Pierce.

00:30

This is Sector Miami on channel one six.

00:32

Over.

00:37

Thanks.

00:42

Request a GPS position and a description of the sailboat, and if it has any FL numbers over.

01:03

FWC Fort Pierce to US.

01:06

Roger.

01:07

Oh, I understand that you are on scene with the cell phone over.

01:15

Trying to tell you over the radio, over.

01:25

Say yellow CTOBO, this is TOBO US, the red boat.

01:29

How copy?

01:30

If that's the sailboat with the old telephone pole as a mast,

01:35

I have that owner's (number withheld).

01:43

Roger that.

5/6/2026 12:36 PM

Missing Person

Fort Pierce Inlet State Park, 905 Shorewinds Dr, Fort Pierce, FL 34949

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, authorities responded to a report of an unmanned sailboat drifting near Fort Pierce Inlet. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation officers and Coast Guard coordinated communication to confirm its position and vessel description.