SAN FRANCISCO — August 14, 2014 — The 38 foot vessel Paloma washed ashore off Ocean Beach near San Francisco, California. The master of the vessel, Timothy Lybrand, had made a distress call earlier that the vessel had run aground onto the rocks just offshore.
He stated he was going to abandon ship and swim ashore some 25 yards away. The Coast Guard dispatched air and sea rescue boats to the scene while nearby fishing vessels also searched for the missing man. Aided by the San Francisco Fire Department, the area around the Paloma was systematically searched. After 9 hours, the search was finally called off as no sign of the captain Lybrand could be found.
Later reports stated Lybrand had warrants for his arrest for failure to appear in court in 2012. Police suspect the fisherman had not perished with his vessel but is in hiding somewhere in the San Francisco area.
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