U.S. Coast Guard finds 4 missing boaters alive after their boat capsized

The U.S. Coast Guard successfully located four missing boaters who failed to return from a fishing trip on Monday.

Officials said the missing boat capsized about 26 miles offshore, and all four occupants are alive.

The City of Clearwater said the four missing boaters, from Polk County, left from the Seminole Street Boat Ramp at approximately 9:30 a.m. on Nov. 24 in a 25-foot green-and-white catamaran called “Money Well Wasted.”

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Coast Guard rescues four boaters missing off Clearwater coast

The missing boaters have been identified as 70-year-old Dennis Woods, 90-year-old Clarence Woods, 42-year-old Cris Harding Sr., and 18-year-old Cris Harding Jr.

According to family members, the group usually returns at around 4 p.m., but when they hadn’t returned, relatives contacted the police just before 8:30 p.m. on Monday…

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