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Missing sailboat located off Jupiter Inlet

No injuries reported
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Posted at 7:21 PM, Jan 17, 2023
and last updated 2023-01-18 12:25:04-05

PALM BEACH, Fla. — The U.S. Coast Guard announced Wednesday morning that crews have located a boat that was last seen off the coast of Palm Beach.

Officials said in a tweet Tuesday that a 51-foot sailing vessel Aquarius was last spotted about 9 miles east of Palm Beach at 6:25 a.m. Tuesday.

The Coast Guard said an airplane aircrew located the boat 47 miles east of the Jupiter Inlet.

A Coast Guard cutter was at the scene with the sailboat coordinating a plan to bring the vessel back to shore.

No injuries were reported.