URGENT - Kiteboard found at Point Bonita (Crissy?)

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URGENT - Kiteboard found at Point Bonita (Crissy?)

Post by phthorner » Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:00 am

Coast Guard just received a report (Friday, 9:15 am) of a 4-6' yellow kite board with blue stripe spotted floating at Pt. Bonita. They will likely presume someone is missing until proven otherwise. If anyone lost the kite board and made it safely back to shore, please let me know ASAP to save the search effort. I know a kiter was picked up by the red & white ferry yesterday around 5 pm but never heard if he lost his board. The board has not been recovered yet, so don't know if it has a name and number on it. PLEASE mark your gear to prevent unnecessary searches.

If you know that someone is in fact missing on the water, please call the USCG Command Center at (415) 399-3530.

Thanks,

Peter Thorner, USCG Aux
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Re: URGENT - Kiteboard found at Point Bonita (Crissy?)

Post by Stefaans » Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:21 am

Thank you Peter, I was rescued by the Red & white yesterday around 5 but we notified the coast guard of our every move once on board.

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Re: URGENT - Kiteboard found at Point Bonita (Crissy?)

Post by phthorner » Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:40 am

GOOD NEWS. The board was properly marked with name and phone number. The command center was able to contact the owner and verify that he was safely on shore and had lost the board two days ago - case resolved in under an hour. Good move by the kiter to mark his board and as a result, he has the opportunity to get it back.

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Re: URGENT - Kiteboard found at Point Bonita (Crissy?)

Post by Aloha » Fri Apr 20, 2012 11:02 am

Peter thank you to you and your team for your continued dedication to our safety. We are very grateful and will continue to do what we can to try and promote on-water safety in our community

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Re: Re: URGENT - Kiteboard found at Point Bonita (Crissy?)

Post by kitenaked » Fri Apr 20, 2012 11:43 am

phthorner wrote:Coast Guard just received a report (Friday, 9:15 am) of a 4-6' yellow kite board with blue stripe spotted floating at Pt. Bonita. They will likely presume someone is missing until proven otherwise. If anyone lost the kite board and made it safely back to shore, please let me know ASAP to save the search effort. I know a kiter was picked up by the red & white ferry yesterday around 5 pm but never heard if he lost his board. The board has not been recovered yet, so don't know if it has a name and number on it. PLEASE mark your gear to prevent unnecessary searches.

If you know that someone is in fact missing on the water, please call the USCG Command Center at (415) 399-3530.

Thanks,

Peter Thorner, USCG Aux
peter.h.thorner@uscg.mil
(415) 888-3444
(510) 517-4422 mobile

Thanks Peter. CG help in our community is much appreciated.
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