ENGLEWOOD, Fla. (WWSB) - A father and his three children have been reported missing on their sailboat off of Englewood, according to the Coast Guard. They left in their 29 foot boat on Sunday.
Air and boat crews are looking for Ace Kimberly, 45, from Sarasota and his teenagers Roger Kimberly, 13, Donny Kimberly, 15, and Rebecca Kimberly, 17.
The Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg received a report Tuesday from a concerned family member of the missing family.
At 3 p.m. Sunday, the man called his brother and stated the sailboat was in 6-foot seas and he was attempting to survive with his children.
The Coast Guard asks any other boaters in the area to keep an eye out for the vessel.