On the night of December 31, 2019, 47-year-old commercial fisherman Brock Rainey was aboard the 130-foot crab boat Scandies Rose when the vessel encountered severe weather about 170 miles southwest of Kodiak. Fierce winds over 40 miles per hour, 15 to 20 foot seas and heavy, asymmetric ice accumulation led the crew to issue a mayday as the boat began to capsize and sink near Sutwik Island.

A Coast Guard Jayhawk helicopter hoisted two survivors, Dean Gribble Jr. and John Lawler, from a life raft; a second life raft was found empty. Five crew members, including Brock Rainey, remained missing after a 20-hour search covering about 1,400 square miles. The active search was suspended and the five were presumed dead. NTSB and Coast Guard investigators later identified inaccurate stability instructions and extreme asymmetric ice accumulation as the probable cause of the sinking.

If anyone knew Brock Rainey, his habits at sea, or has information about the Scandies Rose before it sailed from Kodiak, please share what is known.