NEW YORK – The Coast Guard is searching for a missing boater near Fishers Island, N.Y., today.
Missing is Daniel Strelczuk, 62, of Thompson, Conn.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound command center received notification from a Good Samaritan stating that they had come across an adrift sailing vessel in the vicinity of Fishers Island, Saturday night.
Strelczuk's son notified the Coast Guard that his father was reportedly sailing from Noank, Conn., on Saturday, and headed toward Fishers Island, aboard the 30-foot fiberglass sailboat Cassiopea.
Agencies involved in the search include:
· An MH-60 helicopter rescue crew from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod
· An HC-144A Ocean Sentry aircraft search crew from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod
· A rescue crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Chinook, an 87-foot patrol boat home ported in New London, Conn.
· A 25-foot rescue boatcrew from Coast Guard Station New London
· A 45-foot rescue boatcrew from Coast Guard Station New London
· A 47-foot rescue boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Montauk
· Fisher Island Fire Department
· Fisher Island Constable
· Mystic Fire Department
· Groton Fire Department
· Southold Police Department Marine
Anyone with information regarding the location of Daniel Strelczuk is asked to contact Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound command center immediately at 203-468-4401.