James L. Lewis, Jr. was 56 when he left Sitka, Alaska, in February 2006 for a solo sail to Elfin Cove on Chichagof Island. He departed aboard his 27-foot vessel Tachyon, hull number CTYL3012M77B and registration AK5603K, and was described as a 6 feet 2 inches Caucasian man, about 225 pounds, with blond or strawberry-colored hair and blue eyes.

Lewis never arrived at Elfin Cove and did not communicate after setting out. Search efforts by local authorities turned up no sign of him, the Tachyon, wreckage, or distress signals. The Sitka Police Department and the Alaska State Troopers list him as a missing person; the disappearance points to a maritime incident but the exact circumstances remain unknown.

If anyone saw the Tachyon after it left Sitka, or has information about Lewis’s planned route or possible sightings, please share what is known with investigators.