Man, Fiancée Lost At Sea

OCEANSIDE, Calif. - Coast Guard officials Friday said that a vessel matching the description of a missing Oceanside couple's boat -- including color, make and hull number -- had been found in Rosarito Beach, Mexico.

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Officials said they could not confirm that it was the boat in question, as of Friday evening.

Josh Hartman and his fianc?e, Anna Martin, left Oceanside Harbor around 7:30 a.m. and were expected to return at 3 p.m., officials said. They left in their 32-foot fishing vessel named Pelican.

Hartman's father reported him missing at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday.

NBC 7/39 spoke with Hartman's brother off camera. He said he is very distraught and that neither he, nor his father, has slept since reporting the couple missing.

The family said the last communication they had with Josh was over cell phone. During that call, Hartman told his family he was fishing off the Oceanside, Camp Pendleton area, and that he and Anna were on their way back.

"I talked to his dad this morning and he said last night was the last time he talked to him about four or five in the evening and haven't seen or heard from him since," said Richard Deluna, a friend of the missing boaters.

The Coast Guard's HH-65 Jayhawk helicopter crew searched until sunrise Friday for the vessel, but found nothing. Hartman's father and brother, as well as friends, spent Friday searching along with the Coast Guard.

The Coast Guard has received support from a C-130 aircraft from Sacramento on Friday morning. The aircraft also has the possibility to search in the dark and was expected to work as darkness fell in Oceanside.

Officials said search conditions were ideal.

"The winds have been light?a little bit of an overcast layer actually blocks off the sun, so there's no glare off the water, so we can definitely see a 32-foot boat," said Lt. Jeremy Denning of the U.S. Coast Guard.

Hartman shares the fishing vessel with his brother and father, which they use almost daily to fish for tuna, swordfish and lobster, NBC 7/39 reported.

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