The US Coast Guard out of Puerto Rico has been on the VHF radio regularly with pan,pan,pan calls regarding a 20ft boat that made a distress call earlier but did not provide their position. Eventually they started requesting people that heard the original distress call to report their position when they heard it. I assume they were going to try to triangulate the position that way.
It's 10pm and to the south of me I'm now seeing the lights of a plane flying what I assume is a search pattern. There is also another boat around with flashing lights that is prepared to tow the distressed boat if it can be located. It's quite the light show for what was previously a very subdued ocean.
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