Updated: Coast Guard suspends search for man overboard 60 miles off Nantucket

NANTUCKET – The Coast Guard reports that crews from Air Station Cape Cod are actively searching for a man overboard 60NM southeast of Nantucket from the F/V Blue Wave out of New Bedford. They say the man was not wearing a life jacket. The Coast Guard Cutter Tybee is also enroute to assist in the search.

Update: The Coast Guard reports that after searching some 1,444 square nautical miles and conducting 16 search patterns, they have suspended its search for the male in the water.