Maine Search for 84-Year-Old Missing Boater Complicated by High Seas

The Maine Marine Patrol is searching for a missing 84-year-old boater off the coast of Cape Neddick.

Massachusetts Man Is Missing Off the Coast of Maine; His Boat Has Been Recovered

Chester Benjamin Wiggins, 84, of Bedford, Massachusetts, was last seen on Tuesday evening aboard his 17-foot Boston Whaler in Cape Neddick Harbor.

On Wednesday afternoon, a resident discovered Wiggins' boat overturned on the shore near the Cape Neddick Nubble Light.

Maine Marine Patrol, Other Agencies Searching for a Missing Boater Off Cape Neddick

The U.S. Coast Guard and the York Police Department joined the Maine Marine Patrol on Wednesday, but found no sign of the elderly man.

On Thursday, the York Police Department deployed drones near Nubble Light and Cape Neddick Harbor.

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The Maine Marine Patrol continued the search by plane and along the shoreline, but couldn't search by boat because of high seas.

Extreme Weather Could Slow the Search for a Missing Man off Maine's Cape Neddick

Those conditions will likely worsen over the weekend, as a nor'easter moves into the state.

The National Weather Service is warning of high surf, gale winds, and dangerous conditions from Friday to Sunday along the Maine coast.

Despite this, Maine Marine Patrol Officials say they will continue to search in the coming days.

Our thoughts are with Mr. Wiggins' family and the first responders involved in the search.