The unmanned 18-foot Gulf Coast sailboat, My Girl Blue, was found at 6:23 am, Monday, July 15, within the waters south of Chambers Island. The boat was capsized, however floating. Picture from the U.S. Coast Guard Sturgeon Bay Station Fb web page.
The physique of Billy Salnik, 32, the boater who had been lacking since July 13 after his sailboat capsized, was recovered Saturday, Aug. 24.
An announcement launched by the Marinette County Sheriff’s Workplace stated their workplace acquired a name at 12:06 pm from a boater who “had probably situated a physique close to Inexperienced Island.”
The physique was recovered and recognized as Salnik, who had set sail from Oconto on July 13 round 1 pm along with his two youngsters in an 18-foot Gulf Coast sailboat, My Girl Blue.
Salnik’s two youngsters, 5-year-old Charlotte M. Salnik and 3-year-old Joshua F. Salnik, additionally died within the incident. The childrens’ our bodies have been recovered July 15 from the water south of Chambers Island within the City of Gibraltar.
“The youngsters have been discovered collectively and so they each have been carrying flotation gadgets once they have been discovered,” McCarty stated.
The seek for Salnick and his youngsters started July 14 after the Oconto County Sheriff’s workplace was notified that their boat was overdue. Oconto is west of Door County throughout the bay of Inexperienced Bay, roughly parallel to Idlewild.
My Girl Blue was found round 6:23 am, Monday, July 15, within the waters south of Chambers Island within the city of Gibraltar, in accordance with the Sheriff’s Workplace. The vessel was capsized, however floating, McCarty stated.
Then, at 11:21 am that very same day, the our bodies of the 2 youngsters have been recovered from the water about one mile south of the place the boat had been situated, in accordance with the Sheriff’s Workplace.
Extra data might be launched on the energetic investigation because it turns into accessible.
