TEN people missing on pirogue...from South to Tobago

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Ten missing on boat trip to Tobago
By Elizabeth Williams
Story Created: Mar 1, 2015 at 11:05 PM ECT
Story Updated: Mar 1, 2015 at 11:05 PM ECT
Ten people from Port of Spain and South Trinidad are missing after going out to sea in a pirogue on Friday afternoon, heading from San Fernando to Tobago.
Relatives, who were awaiting their arrival in Tobago, told the Express that the Coast Guard has been contacted on the matter.
But Lieutenant Commander Kirk Jean-Baptiste said Coast Guard officials have been receiving conflicting information on the matter from family members of the missing people.
Jean-Baptiste said they were told a pirogue with eight people left San Fernando at around 4.30 p.m. on Friday, but got into difficulty at Maracas Bay.
The problem on board was resolved and they resumed the journey, but as the crew got closer to Tobago, the boat ran out of gas.
Fishermen in Tobago, who got word on the matter, left Pigeon Point to assist, but could not locate the pirogue.
Jean-Baptiste said it was only on Saturday, around 12:30 p.m., that the Coast Guard was informed of the incident.
The pirogue’s registration is TFV941 and the vessel is named Daviann.
The Coast Guard said the boat is owned by Headley Scott, who is among those aboard, while the only other passenger named was James Cook.
The passengers are made up of eight men and two women.
Since the report was made on Saturday, when it was also received at Marabella Police Station, the Coast Guard has conducted searches in collaboration with the Trinidad and Tobago Air Guard, which has carried out aerial searches.
Jean-Baptiste said the Venezuelan authorities will be notified today to be on the look-out for the pirogue and its occupants.
“When venturing to sea, persons should state exactly where they are going, what time they are due to arrive, and if there will be any stops made. Life jackets, flares, torchlights and extra water makes search and rescue efforts a lot easier,” Jean- Baptiste said.
He said the Coast Guard should be contacted immediately when something goes wrong.
Relatives in Tobago confirmed ten people were on the pirogue, but all forms of communication were lost around 3 a.m. on Saturday.

[megadoc1]

HMS Calcutta sailed

[Mark!]

Sando to Tobago. That really sound like a good idea? Hope they turn up

[DVSTT]

Hope they're found alive.

[j.o.e]

A pirogue from Sando to Tobago with ten people on board , they have some belly.

[Gem_in_i]

And look at the hour they leaving San Fernando to go to Tobago :-/
Were they drunk?

[Habit7]

I guess some ppl wanted to have to nostalgic feeling of the Panorama

[BRZ]

A pirogue from Sando to Tobago with ten people on board , they have some belly.

that's not belly, that's when you honestly don't know any better, especially on a weekend where there was a small craft warning out and people knew that the north coast water was BAD!

[Slartibartfast]

Lessons Learnt

Relatives in Tobago confirmed ten people were on the pirogue, but all forms of communication were lost around 3 a.m. on Saturday.

And that is why I always tell children never jump into a pirogue from Sando to Tobago unless somebody have a Me-2 Nokia in the mix. Battery on my cheap nokia phone lasts a week with moderate use. Got it for $300.

[pete]

I can honestly think of no good reason for doing this. It will most probably be more expensive in gas and oil, it will take longer, it will be a LOT more uncomfortable and it is much much more unsafe.

[Redman]

...hope they are found.

[Dizzy28]

A vessel with a guy named James Cook on it got lost??
The irony!!

[VexXx Dogg]

suppose tobago is the cover story?
sando to vene, maybe?

[Les Bain]

Sando to Syria, perhaps?

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Honestly never knew ppl travel from trinidad to tobago in these fishing boats....

[Chimera]

suppose tobago is the cover story?
sando to vene, maybe?

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sounds about right

or a deal gone wrong and everyone disappear and they trying to get help from the coastguard

[Slartibartfast]

Unless it was a human trafficking deal for slave labour I don't see why you would have 8 men and two women on a pirogue.

[LovinDiva]

I heard that they were found, close to Venezuela. Can anyone confirm this?

[DrunkenMaster16]

I heard that they were found, close to Venezuela. Can anyone confirm this?

Got that news of le book of face's for ccn / express.

[Slartibartfast]

Hummer toilet paper they had on them?

[HSA]

details i am hearing is that they ran out of gas...anchor rope too short so they drifted to venezuela....men got sodomized and the women were placed in brothels...their family secured their release with 10 bails of singles...white cloud...

[redmanjp]

^lol!

but if it had rough seas then i sorry fuh them

[Redman]

if it is that they are in fact found the owner of the boat IMHO could take a couple charges in his tail plus the bill for the search and rescue.

[supercharged turbo]

They run out of gas right in de jetty in sando owa

[j.o.e]

Whole things sounds rum or weed inspired....eh lime going bess..lewee go Bago nah!!! Whole crew agrees *vibes cyah done *

[kevin5211]

Found by d guardia in vene waters

[dougla_boy]

Whole things sounds rum or weed inspired....eh lime going bess..lewee go Bago nah!!! Whole crew agrees *vibes cyah done *

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they in venezuela right now....

[alex jj]

i know this unrelated..but anybody ever ride a jetski to tobago?

[pete]

From where? I'm sure it has been done and I'm also sure that I wouldn't do it alone. A jetski has the problem that if something happens to its one engine you're gonna have to float around until someone can save you or you drift to shore and you're not necessarily going to drift to shore in Trinidad..