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For those of you who were worried, here is the complete article from this
morning's Washington Post:
Ohio Family No Longer Missing At Sea
An Ohio family reported missing at sea two weeks ago was found near Ocean
City on Sunday, unaware that the Coast Guard was searching the Atlantic
seaboard for their sailboat.
Coast Guard officials said the Stewart family and their 65-foot boat, the
Jolly Joyce, were found in good condition 17 miles offshore. The family
discovered they were the subject of a search when they used a cell phone to
call their 19-year-old daughter in Dayton, Ohio, on Saturday night, said
Coast Guard Petty Officer Dionne Short.
"It was just a regular check-in call. They had no idea we were searching
for them," Short said.
The daughter told her family about the search and then contacted the
Coast Guard.
Richard and Debbie Stewart, sailing with two of their children, Chad, 16
and Mischa, 12, had last been heard from nearly four weeks ago. The family
planned to sail from Florida to the St. Lawrence Seaway and into Michigan.
Richard Stewart told the Coast Guard that engine trouble forced them to turn
around in Newport, R.I., on July 26 and head for Cape Hatteras, N.C.
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Moral: Always file a float plan.
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