8:22 PM: A sizable Seattle Fire response is headed by land and sea to a report of a sailboat possibly in trouble off the 10400 block of Maplewood Place SW [map], north of The Arroyos. Updates to come.
8:33 PM: Responders are looking for the sailboat, described as under 20 feet, blue hull, one person on board.
8:40 PM: They’re not finding any signs of someone in trouble, so they’re ending the search.
I wonder if some of these reports are just of novice sailors practicing skills near the shore. That would be so embarrassing to not even be able to practice maneuvers without someone calling in a distress call about you. Just a theory.
I always suspect that it’s well meaning people on shore that have no idea what distress vs normal looks like on a paddle board/kayak/sailboat.
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