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Missing mariner found alive, 12 days after call for help

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9 Dec ’14 - 5:26 pm

He went missing on thanksgiving

There’s still no sign of a missing boater off Kailua-Kona.

On Thursday, 67-year-old Ron Ingraham radioed a Mayday, saying his 25-foot boat “Malia” was taking on water.

“This is Mayday, Mayday, Mayday. I’m in the middle of Alinui Channel. Uh, small boat, dangerous sinking,” said Ingraham.

He issued the Mayday call Thursday morning and was about 46 miles southwest of Kailua-Kona.

Friends say Ingraham is an experienced fisherman who lives on his boat at Kaunakakai Pier and would often travel to Lanai.

“This last couple months, he’s been catching his boat to Lanai, fishing akule or mepachi and catching a ride with his cooler going up to the Lanai City. Selling his fish, trying to make a few dollars there,” said Dedric Manaba, a commercial fisherman on Molokai and a friend of Ingraham.

The Coast Guard believes he was sailing alone from Kauanakai Harbor to Manele Bay on Lanai. How he got swept off course remains a mystery. His friends say the weather conditions could be to blame.

“I think when he left Manele and went around, I think he got into the strong wind and maybe got some engine trouble or something,” said Manaba.

So far, the Coast Guard has searched more than 7,000 square miles for Ingraham by air and deployed a tracking buoy to get a better read on where he could have drifted.

Ingraham’s friends believe he traveled with proper safety equipment and say he even had a kayak on board.

“I’m hoping, I’m praying to God that he’s on one of the beaches of Lanai up Shipwreck Beach. And that he hurt himself as the boat was sinking trying to get into his kayak,” said Kenneth Corder, a commercial fisherman on Molokai and a friend of Ingraham. “In my heart, I believe he’s gone.”

“He’s a tough 67-year-old guy. And I believe with all his experience and stuff, I believe he’s still out there either on his boat or on his kayak. I think he’s still out there. And I’m hoping they can find him,” said Manaba.

According to the Coast Guard, the current weather conditions are 35 mile per hour winds with eight to 15-foot seas.

Crews will continue searching throughout the night by helicopter.

they called the search off Dec 1st

The Coast Guard reports that a boater who has been reported missing since Thanksgiving is alive.

A Coast Guard cutter is enroute to a position where it received a Mayday call at 7:55 a.m. Tuesday 52 miles south of Oahu. A U.S. Navy ship that was near the scene is there and has a put a boat in the water.

The call was made by Ron Ingraham, 67, reportedly sounding tired and dehydrated.

On Thursday, Nov. 27, Ingraham originally radioed a Mayday call, saying his 25-foot boat was taking on water.

He was about 46 miles southwest of Kailua-Kona at the time.

The Coast Guard believes he was sailing alone from Kaunakakai Harbor to Manele Bay on Lanai. They originally searched more than 7,000 square miles for Ingraham by air.

The search was suspended on Monday, December 1.

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5 May ’15 - 6:38 am

and he's missing again

Hawaiian fisherman Ron Ingraham had been lost for 12 days. The Coast Guard called off the search. His friends planned his memorial. And then he was found.

That was five months ago. Now the 67-year-old fisherman is missing once again. The boat he was aboard ran aground on rocks early Friday morning. The Coast Guard called off search efforts Monday after searching for 120 hours and covering about 4,500 square miles.

“Following extensive efforts by sea, air, and land we have decided to suspend the search,” Coast Guard Capt. Shannon Gilreath, the Honolulu sector commander, said in a statement. “Our deepest condolences go out to his friends and family in this difficult time.”

Ingraham had been aboard the Munchkin, a 34-foot-fishing vessel owned by his friend, Kenny Corder. The boat smashed into pieces just after midnight on Friday, about one mile from Lanai, Hawaii, according to the Coast Guard. No one aboard was wearing life jackets, Corder told authorities.

Corder, who saw Ingraham clinging to a life ring, swam back to the boat to get an emergency radio and make a Mayday call. Ingraham was gone when Corder returned. A few hours later, rescuers found Corder and transported him to a hospital on Maui, where he was in good condition.

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