Missing B.C. tugboat captain found dead off Vancouver Island
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 | 8:41 AM PT
The Canadian Press
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The body of a missing tugboat captain has been found amid the debris of his vintage tug in waters off the west coast of Vancouver Island.
The RCMP in Port McNeill, B.C., have identified 51-year-old Richard Dean Gentry as the mariner found dead off the Brooks Peninsula Monday morning. Gentry's body was pulled from the water a short time later, about 37 kilometres from his planned destination.
Gentry was last seen on May 17 as he set out alone on his 1920s tug boat Gabriola, heading from Port McNeill on the northeastern coast for a voyage around the tip of Vancouver Island to Chamiss Bay on the west coast.
The RCMP and the B.C. Coroner Service are investigating the incident.
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