Man Overboard

• 2nd BC Ferries passenger in 2 days goes overboard into ocean

  This incident follows a similar one on Wednesday afternoon when a person went overboard from the Spirit of Vancouver Island after leaving Tsawwassen.

  Canada

  Sep 5, 2025
  
• U.S. Coast Guard searching for man missing from Alaska cruise ship

  The cruise ship company said a review of closed-circuit TV footage indicated the man likely went overboard intentionally.

  World

  Aug 9, 2022
  
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• Crews search waters for man who fell off sailboat near Nanaimo, B.C.

  Police were called to a report that a woman had fallen overboard and a vessel from the Nanaimo Port Authority found her clinging to a rope tied to an anchored sailboat.

  Apr 12, 2022
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• Search called off after report of man overboard in Vancouver’s English Bay

  The man is believed to have fallen from the bulk carrier Pilatus Venture, registered in Hong Kong.

  Jun 19, 2020
• Meet the celebrated ferry crew behind the Halifax Harbour rescue

  With everyone working together, and with the help of some passengers on board, the crew were able to get the man out of the water and back on the ferry.

  Features

  Oct 11, 2019
• Crews recover passenger who went overboard from cruise ship off B.C. coast

  The ship, the Seven Seas Mariner, is on its way back to Vancouver from Alaska and is scheduled to stop in Victoria later Tuesday.

  Canada

  Jul 10, 2018
• Man who went overboard from BC Ferries vessel now rescued

  'Once our crew were alerted to the fact there was a person overboard, they quickly launched their rescue boat and did retrieve the gentleman from the water.'

  Jun 19, 2018
• One dead, two in hospital after lobster fishermen go overboard off Nova Scotia coast

  The military says the incidents occurred about 74 kilometres southwest of Yarmouth.

  Canada

  Nov 30, 2015
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• Man launches life raft from B.C. ferry and jumps overboard

  The vessel was en route from Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay and stopped in Active Pass. Passengers report that around 9:30 p.m. a man in his 20s activated one of the ferry's life-rafts and jumped into it.

  Nov 5, 2015