{"id":406016,"date":"2024-02-08T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=406016"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Missing-sailing-vessel-Malulani-finally-arrives-in-Hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Missing-sailing-vessel-Malulani-finally-arrives-in-Hawaii\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing sailing vessel &#8216;Malulani&#8217; finally arrives in Hawaii"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ALAMEDA, Calif.<\/strong>\u2014The missing individual, 60-year-old Noel Rubio, arrived safely in Hawaii with his sailing boat, <em>Malulani,<\/em> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The vessel is a 32-foot Westsail sloop that departed Long Beach, California, on Dec. 28 en route to Kaneohe, O\u2019ahu, Hawaii, crewed by Rubio with a planned arrival date of Jan. 18.<\/p>\n<p>After receiving notification on Friday, the Coast Guard began efforts to locate Rubio and the vessel, <em>Malulani<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The Coast Guard used all available means to determine the <em>Malulani<\/em>\u2018s location, including urgent marine information broadcasts and harbor checks in California, Hawaii, and Mexico. He last made contact via cellphone Dec. 28, from south of Catalina Island, California informing a friend that he was en route to Hawaii. The only means of communication aboard the vessel <em>Malulani<\/em> is a VHF-FM marine band radio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Coast Guard is greatly appreciative of the expert consult advice on weather and routes provided by experienced trans-Pacific sailors,\u201d said Douglas Samp, a search and rescue mission coordinator in the Rescue Coordination Center Alameda. \u201cMariners intending to conduct an open ocean passage are highly encouraged to have multiple layers of communication, including a VHF-FM DSC radio, HF DSC radio, satellite communications, and a 406Mhz electronic position indicating radio beacon as the notification of last resort to help SAR authorities locate your position in a time of need.\u201d <strong><em>(USCG)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/99952d391e9ae2e8658ec4f6b2643c0a.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Sixty-year-old Noel Rubio arrived safely in Hawaii with his sailing boat <em>Malulani<\/em> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>-U.S. Coast Guard District 11<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALAMEDA, Calif.\u2014The missing individual, 60-year-old Noel Rubio, arrived safely in Hawaii with his sailing boat,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-406016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}