NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Coast Guard says two boaters from Rhode Island who had been reported missing last weekend have been found safe.
Ryan Hollis and Joshua Kane Cairone were spotted by a Coast Guard search plane Monday 100 miles east of Cape Henry, Virginia.
Hollis and Cairone left Jamestown, Rhode Island last Wednesday on the 43-foot sailboat Carol K.
Officials say Hollis was supposed to make a stop in Norfolk, Virginia on Friday and check in with his girlfriend.
She contacted the Coast Guard on Saturday to report him missing when he did not make contact as scheduled.
Petty Officer Zachary Hupp says the men “were unaware that we were searching for them.”
The men were headed to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
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