GLOUCESTER, Mass.– December 19, 2012 — The Coast Guard resumed its search today for a missing fishing boat after a lifeboat and other equipment belonging to the vessel were found washed ashore in Massachusetts.
The Coast Guard began its search for the Foxy Lady II and its two-member crew on Monday after the captain's girlfriend reported that the boat had not been heard from since Saturday around noon, officials said. The 45-foot vessel left from its home port of Gloucester that morning and was scheduled to return that evening.
The fishermen on board have been identified as 26-year-old Wally Gray, the captain, and his 50-year-old crewman, Wayne Young, from Deer Isle, Maine, said Angela Sanfilippo, president of the Gloucester Fishermen's Wives Association.
The last known location of the vessel was 15 miles north of Provincetown, where the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration picked up a signal from the boat's fishing monitoring system around noon Saturday, said Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Robert Simpson. The National Weather Service had issued a small-craft advisory for coastal waters that day calling for seas of 3 to 5 feet, with sustained winds of 10 to 15 mph and gusts up to 30 mph. Conditions were worse farther offshore.
But the Coast Guard didn't receive a distress call from the boat or signals from the boat's emergency satellite beacon, which is designed to transmit signals when it's in the water, he said.
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