William Hokanson, Jr., was 19 when he and his father, William Hokanson, Sr., disappeared from the Atlantic after departing Fairhaven, Massachusetts, on March 22, 1990, aboard their vessel Sol-e-Mar. Because the calls were dismissed as pranks, no immediate rescue was launched and the family reported the boat overdue on March 30.

A Coast Guard search began only after the family alert and was suspended after three days. In April 1990 a volunteer crew found the sunken Sol-e-Mar off Martha’s Vineyard, but neither man was recovered. Human remains dredged near the sinking in 1996 could not be conclusively matched to the Hokansons, and in 2014 the family added both men to NamUs in hopes DNA might eventually identify them.

If anyone has information about the Sol-e-Mar, its last known position, or sightings in late March 1990, please share what is known.