Eugene Pavey, 50, and his 19-year-old wife Melanie disappeared after leaving Crandon Marina in Miami on July 1, 1982, aboard their 27-foot Cigarette speedboat bound for Abaco Island, Bahamas. They may have stopped at Port Everglades Marina in Fort Lauderdale, but neither the couple nor their navy blue boat with white stripes were seen again. They were reported missing when they failed to meet Melanie’s sister at the Abaco airport on July 3.

The U.S. Coast Guard and the families conducted searches, but no wreckage, boat, or remains were recovered. Eugene had minimal boating experience, which led authorities to consider an accidental loss at sea as a possibility. The couple had met the year before and had been married about six weeks when they vanished.

Does anyone have information about sightings or records of a navy blue speedboat with white stripes in South Florida or the Bahamian islands in early July 1982?