Ryan Pratt is considered missing after friends were unable to locate him over the weekend on his sailboat off Hammond Bay in north Nanaimo. (submitted photo)
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Nanaimo RCMP searching for missing boater
Dec 4, 2023 | 11:05 AM
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NANAIMO — Local Mounties in conjunction with the RCMP’s West Coast Marine unit are searching for a missing man.
Thirty-five year old Ryan Pratt was last seen Friday, Dec. 1 at around 4 p.m. by friends, who saw him riding on a small skiff. They were then unable to locate him later, on or around his sailboat moored off Hammond Bay.
Reserve Cst. Gary O’Brien told NanaimoNewsNOW friends reported him missing to RCMP the following morning, with immediate searches from police yielding no results.
“[Saturday], the small skiff he uses to go back and forth was found washed up on the shores of Shack Island, which is near Piper’s Lagoon, and a small canoe he often uses to go back and forth was also found adrift.”
