Thursday, March 27, 2008

Search continues in Gulf for missing sailors

Coast Guard crews are continuing to search the Gulf of Mexico today for two boaters and their vessel missing since Sunday.

The search for 35-foot sailboat, Fly Away, and its two occupants, Thomas Edwards, 68, of Gulf Shores and Charles Daggett, 66, of St. Petersburg, Fla., has been expanded west to Corpus Christi, Texas, Coast Guard Petty Officer Thomas Blue said today.

The boat was scheduled to arrive in Panama City on Sunday before continuing on to Corpus Christi, Blue said. The men left Clearwater, Fla., on Saturday, according to Coast Guard reports.

Click here for the full article from the Mobile Press-Register.