After setting sail in the morning Tran was due back home that night.
Sailing vessel kiwanda. His boat the Kiwanda was last seen around 7 pm. Saturday in the vicinity of Cape Foulweather with a northerly heading. Coast Guard calls off search for sailing vessel Kiwanda Captain.
A life jacket from the sailing vessel Kiwanda was found during Coast Guard search efforts by personnel aboard an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter 47. The Kiwanda was last sighted by a bar tower watchstander at Coast Guard Station Yaquina Bay at approximately 7 pm. Tran is survived by his wife and two children.
The vessel later failed to return to port. The schooner is a type of sailing vessel having a foremast and mainmast with or without other masts and having fore-and-aft sails on all lower masts. That night heading north by a bar tower watchstander at the Yaquina Bay Coast Guard Station.
Saturday in the vicinity of Cape Foulweather with a northerly heading. The search for the man aboard the capsized sailing vessel has been suspended by. A life jacket from the sailing vessel Kiwanda was found during Coast Guard search efforts by personnel aboard an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter 47-foot Motor Lifeboat and shoreside responders Sept.
While the schooner was originally gaff-rigged modern schooners typically carry a Bermuda rig. The sailing vessel Kiwanda was last seen on the night of September 28 headed north near Cape Foulweather. A strobe lite from the sailing vessel Kiwanda was found during Coast Guard search efforts by personnel aboard an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter 47-foot Motor Lifeboat and shoreside responders Sept.
Family had reported Tran overdue from a sailing trip aboard the vessel Kiwanda on the evening of Saturday September 28 Tran was found wearing a flotation device the release said. Around noon Sunday debris was spotted floating in the ocean near Depoe Bay which was later confirmed to be from the Kiwanda. Saturday in the vicinity of Cape Foulweather with a northerly heading.