NH: Coast Guard Searches For Missing Lobsterman

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Coast Guard Searches For Missing Lobsterman

http://wbztv.com/local/newhampshire/missing.fisherman.new.2.721855.html

May 12, 2008 12:41 pm US/Eastern

ISLES OF SHOALS, N.H. (WBZ) ―


A Coast Guard helicopter searches the seas
off the coast of Portsmouth, N.H. - CBS


One of the Coast Guard vessels
involved in the search. - CBS


The Coast Guard is searching off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire
for a missing lobsterman from Maine.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Connie Terrell said an air and water search is
under way for Christopher Tobey, 46, of Kittery.

Tobey's lobster boat, Sav-A-Buck, sank off the Isles of Shoals with his
son and a crewman aboard. The son and crewman were rescued from Duck Island.

Terrell said Tobey's daughter called the Portsmouth Coast Guard station
Monday morning to alert them the 44-foot boat was missing.

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Update: 1:38 pm US/Eastern

An air and water search is under way for Christopher Tobey, 46, of Kittery.

Tobey's lobster boat, Sav-A-Buck, sank off the Isles of Shoals Sunday with
his teenage son and a crewman aboard.

The son and crewman swam to Duck Island and spent the night there.
A good Samaritan picked them up Monday. Their conditions are not known.

Tobey's daughter called the Portsmouth Coast Guard station around 10 a.m.
Monday to alert them the 44-foot boat was missing.

The three left on a trip Sunday morning, and were due to be back at 5 p.m. that day.

The Coast Guard is searching for Tobey with a Jayhawk helicopter and a 47-foot search boat.

The air temperature was around 50 degrees Monday afternoon, the water was 55 degrees,
and the seas were 5-to-8 feet.

They've been found!! Wait a minute... the father is still missing... :(