Nantucket Harbormaster and lifeguards conduct a shore search for a missing kayaker
Nantucket Harbormaster/CWN
NANTUCKET – Coast Guard crews suspended their search for a missing kayaker off Nantucket, Massachusetts Tuesday at approximately 11:00 a.m.
Vitaly Filiutovich, the subject of the search, was last seen kayaking near shore Sunday afternoon.
Filiutovich was reported missing to the Coast Guard around 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
His empty kayak was located upright shortly after searching began.
Coast Guard crews conducted a total of 44 sorties, searching 3,087 square nautical miles over 42 hours.
The search included the following Coast Guard crews:
• Coast Guard Cutter Steelhead
• Coast Guard Cutter Sanibel
• Coast Guard Cutter Tybee
• Coast Guard Cutter Coho
• Air Station Cape Cod MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews and HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crews
• 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crews from Station Brant Point
