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Clearwater police, Coast Guard searching for missing boaters

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CLEARWATER, Fla. — Clearwater Police and the U.S. Coast Guard are searching for four missing boaters who failed to return from a fishing trip Monday.

The four, who are from Mulberry in Polk County, left from the Seminole Street Boat Ramp at about 9:30 a.m. Monday in a 25-foot green-and-white catamaran called “Money Well Wasted.”


What You Need To Know

  • Clearwater Police, Coast Guard searching for missing boaters
  • 4 people left from the Seminole Street Boat Ramp at about 9:30 a.m. Monday in a 25-foot green-and-white catamaran called “Money Well Wasted.”
  • Coast Guard started search Monday night and will resume its efforts at daybreak

They were supposed to return at about 4 p.m., according to family members.

Relatives became concerned when they hadn’t returned and contacted the Clearwater Police Department just before 8:30 p.m. Monday.

Officers found the truck and trailer still at the boat ramp, with no sign of the boat or boaters.

The Coast Guard conducted a search Monday night and will resume its efforts at daybreak. The fishermen usually travel 25 miles offshore.

The missing boaters are identified as Dennis Woods, 70; Clarence Woods, 90; Cris Harding Sr., 42; and Cris Harding Jr., 18.

Clearwater Police are asking any boaters heading out on the water today to report any sightings to (727) 562-4242.

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Spectrum News Staff

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