Boat found but not the people, from the Vancouver Sun:
VANCOUVER - A fishing boat chartered by four men missing since Monday has been found capsized off the coast of Vancouver Island but there is no sign of the men onboard.
The boat was found in calm waters six miles off the Brooks Peninsula on the northwest coast of Vancouver Island, said spokesman Quentin Wyne of the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre.
The vessel was found and reported to the JRCC by the sport fishing boat, Fish Tamer IV, shortly before 1:15 Saturday afternoon, he said.
The RCMP and Coast Guard were still in the process of righting the vessel early Saturday evening.
Once set upright again, the boat will be towed ashore for further investigation, Wyne said.
“The search is continuing today and tomorrow and is being focused in the area,” said Wyne. “Currently we have a Canadian Forces Buffalo aircraft and a Cormorant helicopter in the area, as well as the Coast Guard and RCMP vessels.”
A shoreline search is also being conducted along the peninsula, he said.
The four missing men are fishing guide Kevin Sturgess, 36, and three sports fishermen in their 50s — Peter Idlewine of Brush Prairie, Wash., Gary Evans of Vancouver, Wash., and his brother Tony Evans of Portland, Ore.
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