{"id":400812,"date":"2026-07-16T14:57:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T14:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/400812\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T14:57:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T14:57:03","slug":"one-dead-three-missing-in-tragic-capsizing-in-san-francisco-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/400812\/","title":{"rendered":"One Dead, Three Missing in Tragic Capsizing in San Francisco Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Coast Guard has called off the search for three people who went missing in the capsizing of a cabin cruiser in San Francisco Bay, a tragedy that started out as an outing for a\u00a0memorial service.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday afternoon at about 1530 hours, the Coast Guard received notification of a &#8220;fire&#8221; aboard the cabin cruiser Volare, a 49-foot boat operating just off Alcatraz Island. There were 20 adults aboard the vessel, all present for a ceremony to scatter the ashes of a relative.<\/p>\n<p>In circumstances that are under investigation, the vessel capsized suddenly. 16 survivors escaped and were rescued by first responders and good Samaritans. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One deceased passenger was recovered at the scene, later identified as Clifford Joseph Boisa, 79. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Three people remain missing, and may have been trapped inside the vessel&#8217;s main cabin; one good Samaritan responder who was on scene\u00a0told local media that passengers who had been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksbw.com\/article\/san-francisco-bay-boat-sinks-near-alcatraz\/71953605?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">caught inside the boat<\/a> had been banging on the windows as the vessel settled lower in the water.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"med-signup__hero\" src=\"https:\/\/maritime-executive.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=768,format=auto,quality=80,fit=scale-down,onerror=redirect\/images\/quick-sub-header.png\" alt=\"\"   loading=\"lazy\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;this.removeAttribute('srcset');this.removeAttribute('sizes');this.src=\" https:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>      Stay on Top of the Daily Maritime News<\/p>\n<p>      The maritime news<br \/>\n      <br \/>that matters most<\/p>\n<p class=\"med-signup__copy\">\n      Get the latest maritime news delivered to your inbox daily.\n    <\/p>\n<p>The Coast Guard continued the search unto 2030 hours Wednesday, when it called off the effort.\u00a0&#8220;Suspending a search is one of the hardest parts of our job and our condolences are with the families of all involved,&#8221; Capt. Jarod Toczko (USCG) told the San Francisco Chronicle. &#8220;We appreciate the support and dedication from our partner agencies and local mariners who rushed on scene to rescue 20 individuals in distress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Investigators will be looking to establish the root cause of the capsizing, including the initial &#8211; and possibly inaccurate &#8211; report of a fire. Toczko said that survivors reported the cabin cruiser getting hit by a large wave shortly before capsizing. Accessing the wreck to examine it fully could be difficult: the vessel sits in 130 feet of water, within reach for technical divers but too deep for an easy refloat attempt. A decision on whether to raise it has not yet been made.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The U.S. Coast Guard has called off the search for three people who went missing in the capsizing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[160750,101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-400812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-cabin-cruiser","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}