What we know about the deadly charter boat sinking off B.C.'s coast

What we know about the deadly charter boat sinking off B.C.'s coast details a June 28, 2026 tragedy in the Strait of Georgia near Richmond, British Columbia. A nine-metre charter fishing boat, Top Ocean (formerly Big Coast), sank with 10 people aboard, and six—including the 22-year-old captain—remain missing and are presumed dead. The vessel’s last automatic identification system signal ended at 10:35 a.m. PT, while a mayday was later reported at about 11:45 a.m. by Brian Angus and Dorothy Stauffer on a nearby sailboat. They alerted authorities and used a dinghy as a life raft, helping save three of five people in the water; one of the rescued later died in hospital. A search involving military and coast guard aircraft and RCMP vessels was launched but stood down later that evening. Police say the missing were presumed drowned, while the boat was found 153 metres deep but without the missing persons on the seabed.