A sailor from Baltimore who was hoping to shatter multiple world records on his boat has been missing for nearly two weeks and was last heard from off the coast of Acapulco, Mexico, his brother and the U.S. Coast Guard say.
A sailor from Baltimore who was hoping to shatter multiple world records on his boat has been missing for nearly two weeks and was last heard from off the coast of Acapulco, Mexico, his brother and the U.S. Coast Guard said.
His initial plan was to travel from Acapulco to Central America’s west coast, through the Panama Canal and to Baltimore, his brother said., that after a storm he had no engine power and was relying on a wind generator. A few days later, she said, he lost his backup wind turbine. Quentin Lawson said data from his brother’s vessel, “Defiance,” showed the sailor drastically reduce speed late July 12, when he was traveling with the wind at around 11 knots. But then he changed course and began traveling against the wind, and his speed reduced to 2.9 knots, Lawson Sr. said.
Petty officer Hunter Schnabel, with the U.S. Coast Guard District 11, based in Alumina, California, said Tuesday efforts to locate Lawson’s trimaran are being led by Mexico’s Maritime Search and Rescue unit., had goals to break 15 world records, including becoming the fastest person, and first African American, to circumnavigate the globe alone in a sailing vessel no longer than 60 feet.in April 2020.He told the station that it was in a youth sailing program he realized his dream.
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