David Raul Rowdy Pennisi, a 41-year-old commercial fisherman from Monterey, California, disappeared on June 21, 2004, when the 50-foot steel-hulled trawler Relentless was lost at sea off San Francisco. The vessel’s monitoring system last tracked the Relentless at 2:00 a.m. in the shipping lanes; by 4:40 a.m. the ship’s emergency position-indicating radio beacon had activated. Pennisi and his 24-year-old crew member Michael Odom finished fishing and were heading back to shore; neither man nor the boat was ever found and both are presumed lost at sea.

Pennisi was described as an experienced, cautious skipper, a married father of two sons and a step-daughter who was well known in his community. His family believes whatever happened occurred suddenly and unexpected, and they have expressed dissatisfaction with the official inquiry, urging further investigation and funding to locate the sunken vessel and explore a possible collision with a nearby South Korean chemical carrier.

If anyone knew the Relentless’s route or saw activity in the shipping lanes that night, can you share what you remember?