Search is on for missing boater near Kill Devil Hills
Published 7:18 pm Saturday, November 23, 2019
- The H.M.S Me II, a 35-foot recreational vessel, reported operated by Michael Bye, currently missing off the coast of North Carolina. Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard
The Coast Guard announced Saturday, November 23 that it is searching for a 50-year-old boater who was reported missing while sailing from New York to Florida.
Michael Bye was reported to be sailing aboard his 35-foot recreational vessel the H.M.S. Me II.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard’s Fifth District command center were notified at 7:40 p.m. Thursday that Bye had failed to make contact at an agreed upon time by a family member.
Coast Guard search-and-rescue coordinators found his last position via cellphone in the vicinity of Kill Devil Hills.
An HC-130 Hercules from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City is currently on-scene searching.
Bye was scheduled to meet a friend in Belhaven on Saturday, but did not arrive. Anyone with additional information regarding this case should contact the D5 command center on VHF-FM channel 16 or at 757-398-6390.

The search patterns completed by Coast Guard members in their on-going search for Michael Bye. Coast Guard image
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