Vicki Bea Rowe-Simonsen was 39 when she vanished at sea in the Gulf of Alaska in the autumn of 1994. On October 26, 1994, she was a crewmember aboard the 105-foot crab fishing vessel F/V Fierce Competitor, which had departed Warrenton, Oregon, for King Cove, Alaska. Also aboard were her husband, Robert ’Robbie’ Simonsen, and crewmen Larry Jones, Keithly Young, and Gordon Young.

An Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon signal was detected, and a life raft was later observed about 450 miles southeast of Kodiak, roughly 50 miles from the EPIRB origin point. Severe weather prevented retrieval; observers reported no signs of life on or around the raft. The vessel itself was never recovered and no survivors were found.

The disappearance remains an unresolved maritime mystery and a devastating loss for the families. Did anyone who knew the Fierce Competitor crew or their usual routes have information that could shed light on what happened that October?