The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for Ward Stogdill who was aboard the 30-foot sailing vessel Bella Dawn. (U.S. Coast Guard)
MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard has located Ward Stogdill and the Bella Dawn, his 30-foot sailboat after he was reported missing.
Coast Guard officials announced Thursday that Stogdill is alive and well and his boat is safely anchored near Exuma.
Stogdill departed at about 5:30 a.m., on Oct. 28, out of the Florida Keys on his way to the Bahamas.
The U.S. Coast Guard released this photograph of a sailboat on Wednesday, nearly a week after its departure from the Florida Keys. (Handout)
According to the Coast Guard, Stogdill, 52, had last been seen in Boot Key where he departed from on a voyage to Bimini. He has an 18-foot orange kayak on board.
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