Coast Guard looking for missing boaters who left Keys for Bahamas

Pair left on 42-foot Irish Miss

Crews from the U.S. Coast Guard’s Miami sector are searching for a pair of boaters who were last heard from as they departed from the Florida Keys for the Bahamas. (@USCGSoutheast via X)

MIAMI – Crews from the U.S. Coast Guard’s Miami sector are searching for a pair of boaters who were last heard from as they departed from the Florida Keys for the Bahamas.

Robert Bernhardt, 59, and Vicki Bernhardt, 72, were last contacted on Wednesday, according to the Coast Guard.

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The boaters are operating the 42-foot Irish Miss.

In a post to X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, the agency shared photos of the vessel.

Anyone with information on their whereabouts was asked to call the Coast Guard’s Miami sector command center at 305-415-6800.


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