CLEARWATER, Fla. — The U.S. Coast Guard successfully located four missing boaters who failed to return from a fishing trip on Monday.
Officials said the missing boat capsized about 26 miles offshore, and all four occupants are alive and are being brought back to shore.
The City of Clearwater said the four missing boaters, from Polk County, left from the Seminole Street Boat Ramp at approximately 9:30 a.m. on Nov. 24 in a 25-foot green-and-white catamaran called "Money Well Wasted."
The missing boaters have been identified as 70-year-old Dennis Woods, 90-year-old Clarence Woods, 42-year-old Cris Harding Sr., and 18-year-old Cris Harding Jr.
According to family members, the group usually returns at around 4 p.m., but when they hadn't returned, relatives contacted the police just before 8 p.m. on Monday.
Officials said officers found the truck and trailer still at the boat ramp, with no sign of the boat or boaters.
The Coast Guard searched on Monday night and will continued the search at daybreak, locating the four men on the morning of Nov. 25.
This is a developing story. Tampa Bay 28 will provide more details as they become available.
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