Gregory R. Schwindt was 32 and co-owner/skipper of the 86-foot trawler F/V Lady of Good Voyage. A Bellingham resident and commercial fisherman since age 16, he spent winters in the Bering Sea and summers in Bristol Bay. The trawler left Dutch Harbor, Alaska, on March 7, 1993, to fish for cod with three other crewmen: 37-year-old Jeremy Jay Scott-Hunter of Bellingham and two men from Oregon, Larry Hoover of Newport and Eddie Hoover of Portland.

On March 8 Gregory made routine radio calls saying the vessel was loaded and planning to return that evening. That afternoon a satellite detected the ship’s EPIRB broadcasting a distress signal northwest of Unimak Island. A large search and rescue response, including the USCG cutter Sherman and multiple fishing vessels, found only debris: an oil slick, the EPIRB, a crushed life ring, and a damaged, empty life raft. The vessel and crew were never recovered and the Alaska State Troopers keep the case open.

Does anyone who knew Gregory or the Lady of Good Voyage have information that could help clarify what happened that day?