Search continues for family from Troy, Texas, lost at sea in Alaska

HOMER, Alaska – The Alaska Dive Search and Rescue Recovery Team searched for the Maynard family for 10 hours off the coast of Homer, Alaska, Wednesday.

On Saturday, August 3, 42-year-old David Maynard, his 37-year-old wife Mary, and their two sons, Colton, 11, and Brantley, 7, were aboard a 28-foot aluminum boat with four others when it capsized 16 miles west of Homer Spit around 7 p.m. The four others survived, but the Maynards were never found despite U.S. Coast Guard search efforts.

The team searched three high-probability locations and attempted to conduct a larger search, but this was not possible due to wind, waves and high current. At the speed the boat needs to tow the sonar (3-5 knots), the team said the boat could not maintain a straight course to allow for tight search grids and good coverage of the area.

The team is on its way back to Anchorage as another storm approaches the search area. The team wanted to allow its members to return to their paying jobs and be on site on the first day to take their children to school, it said on Facebook.

The Alaska Dive Search Rescue and Recovery Team is a volunteer group funded by donations and has so far raised $3,000 in donations to replace their rescue inflatable boats.

“Both were manufactured in the 1980s and no longer hold air. Replacing both Zodiacs (without trailers or engines) will cost $60,000 plus shipping,” the organization said. “Anything helps, no matter how big or small the donation.”

All donations are tax deductible.

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