ALAMEDA, Calif. — Coast Guard crews continue the search Monday for Richard Byhre, the 76-year-old sailor who did not return from his sailing trip as expected.
Two HC-130 aircraft crews from Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento have completed three additional searches between San Diego and San Clemente Island Monday, and an MH-60 helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Sector San Diego is currently conducting numerous search patterns off San Diego. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Haddock was also dispatched and has been on station searching since approximately 1 p.m.
At 9 p.m. Saturday, watchstanders at the Coast Guard Joint Harbor Operations Center in San Diego received a report from Byhre's wife reporting that he had not returned from his trip underway last week. He was reported to normally only go out on day sail trips and whale watching.
Byhre was last in personal contact with his wife Feb. 10, when he departed on his blue-hulled 28-foot sailing vessel Princess.
The Coast Guard immediately launched a Station San Diego 33-foot Special Purpose Craft — Law Enforcement boatcrew to search for Byhre. Additionally, San Diego Harbor Patrol crews searched for Byhre.
Sunday, a Coast Guard HC-130 aircrew from Air Station Sacramento completed multiple searches of the waters 30 miles west of Ensenada, Mexico and 60 miles south of Rosarito, Mexico. Additionally, an MH-60 helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Sector San Diego completed a search along the waters off the U.S. and the border of Mexico. The Coast Guard Cutter Edisto has been diverted and will remain on scene and conduct searches throughout the evening.
Anyone with information is requested to contact the 11th Coast Guard District Command Center at 510-437-3701.