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Search for Merrill Continues - His Wallet and Lifejacket found still in the boat
Washington Post Staff Writer ^ | Sunday, June 11, 2006; 12:27 PM | By Ernesto LondoƱo

Posted on 06/11/2006 11:19:52 AM PDT by Mongeaux

Rescuers using small boats, a helicopter and a C-130 aircraft searched a portion of the Chesapeake Bay today for missing diplomat and publisher Philip Merrill, whose sailboat was found adrift last night, Coast Guard authorities said.

Officials from the Maryland Natural Resources Police and the Coast Guard began searching overnight the area between the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and the point where his boat was found, which is roughly 20 miles south of Annapolis. The search area is roughly 25 miles by 8 miles, said Coast Guard Lt. Commander Adam Mach. Rescuers using small boats, a helicopter and a C-130 aircraft searched a portion of the Chesapeake Bay today "As far as I know, he was a fairly experienced sailor," Mach said. "His wife said he was in that area quite a bit."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: annapolis; bay; baybridgetunnel; chesapeake; chesapeakebay; merrill; missingperson; sailboat; sailing; washingtonian
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To: STARWISE

First, you have to start with PT-109.


21 posted on 06/11/2006 12:28:31 PM PDT by battlegearboat (I'll have the coconut please.)
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To: Mongeaux

Took a leak over the rail and lost his balance ?


22 posted on 06/11/2006 12:35:56 PM PDT by 1066AD
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To: Mongeaux

From the article: 'A small craft advisory was issued yesterday for most of the Chesapeake Bay because of wind and waves. The advisory remained in effect today.'



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Bad wind and waves, small craft advisory. 72-y.o. man sailing alone wihtout a life jacket? Hmmm ... and Sigh. Doesn't sound good.

Hope those searching for him stay safe.

Sad.


23 posted on 06/11/2006 12:38:22 PM PDT by JockoManning (Listen Online http://www.klove.com)
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To: 1066AD

Battle of Hastings?


24 posted on 06/11/2006 12:51:09 PM PDT by battlegearboat (I'll have the coconut please.)
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To: STARWISE

Damn. With credits like those, kinda makes you wonder why he wasn't up in Ottawa with the Bilderbergers.


25 posted on 06/11/2006 12:52:55 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: buccaneer81

Maybe he is.


26 posted on 06/11/2006 12:55:51 PM PDT by battlegearboat (I'll have the coconut please.)
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To: battlegearboat

AAah ... I have a suspicion this fun and frolic was capitalized by an Irishman's prohibition Scotch fortune .. ;)


27 posted on 06/11/2006 1:03:29 PM PDT by STARWISE (((They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL autho)
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To: battlegearboat

The Senator eyed the two young blondes through the martini haze. He sucked in his gut and tried to focus his watery, blood-shot eyes. as the attractive, scantily-clad young women came into focus, he realized with a start that there was only one of them.
"Fooled again", he chuckled to himself.
He took another swig from his almost-empty glass, and staggered toward the object of his desire.
"Hi, cream muffin--I'm Ted Kennedy".


28 posted on 06/11/2006 1:15:00 PM PDT by drhogan (!)
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To: STARWISE
oooh..I was hoping you'd contribute another chapter, but I understand.

Too much time wasted talking about our national disgrace.

I hope Mr. Merrill is a survivor.

29 posted on 06/11/2006 1:17:16 PM PDT by battlegearboat
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To: Mongeaux

Operating a boat that size - at any age - is risky. At that age, any boating is risky because of sudden medical risks.

My first thought, because of a boat that size, is the boom. Even with calculated tacks you have to be careful. With the wind conditions, and if he was before the wind, he could have had one terrible hit by the boom. I would assume that he had all sorts of sail gadgets so that he wouldn't have to leave the cockpit, but the boom is a swinging bat and he may have been standing at the wheel. A bad target.


30 posted on 06/11/2006 1:36:45 PM PDT by Exit148 (Founder of the Loose Change Club. Every nickle and dime counts!!)
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To: battlegearboat

HEAVY hitter ..


31 posted on 06/11/2006 2:03:55 PM PDT by STARWISE (((They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL autho)
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To: STARWISE

I lost a good friend to what the Coast Guard believes were pirates; it's possible that's what happened here. They dump the body overboard, repaint the boat and use it for a short period of time running drugs and then sell the boats.


32 posted on 06/11/2006 8:07:29 PM PDT by Peach (If you can't stand behind our military, stand in front of them.)
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To: Peach

His boat was there .. he was gone. Your friend is right .. .. pirating is still going on in the Bahamas... drug and human smugglers.


33 posted on 06/11/2006 8:30:15 PM PDT by STARWISE (((They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL autho)
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To: STARWISE

You can tell I'm just quickly scrolling through my pings and didn't read the article :-)

This is very odd that he'd be missing but the boat is still intact.


34 posted on 06/11/2006 8:31:37 PM PDT by Peach (If you can't stand behind our military, stand in front of them.)
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To: Peach

:)


35 posted on 06/11/2006 8:59:16 PM PDT by STARWISE (((They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL autho)
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To: STARWISE

What are you implying? Foul play?


36 posted on 06/12/2006 3:41:51 AM PDT by stopem (God Bless the U.S.A the Troops who protect her, and their Commander In Chief !)
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To: Peach

We just don't have lots of pirates here on the bay....a little too crowded for their liking.....


37 posted on 06/12/2006 3:55:57 AM PDT by KeepUSfree (WOSD = fascism pure and simple.)
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To: Mongeaux

He needed a bigger boat.........


38 posted on 06/12/2006 4:02:27 AM PDT by Inge_CAV
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To: Peach
"I lost a good friend to what the Coast Guard believes were pirates; it's possible that's what happened here. They dump the body overboard, repaint the boat and use it for a short period of time running drugs and then sell the boats."

No. It was in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, and they found the boat. Most likely he was forward adjusting the sails when a sudden wind pitched him into the water. Let's put the conspiracy theories back in the box; this happens to sailors all the time on the Bay.
39 posted on 06/12/2006 6:54:43 AM PDT by GAB-1955 (being dragged, kicking and screaming, into the Kingdom of Heaven....)
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To: Mongeaux
The thing about a shark, chief - he's got dead eyes...lifeless eyes...like a Democrats' eyes. Till he bite yer wallet. Then those eyes mist over brightly. And then you hear the terrible, high-pitched whinin'.

Coffee on an LCD Monitor is not a pretty thing.
40 posted on 06/12/2006 6:58:38 AM PDT by OC_Steve
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