Robert M. Gershbein, 24, was last seen on May 30, 1992, when he and two companions left the Homer Spit in a 13-foot canoe to go fishing in Kachemak Bay. His companions were identified as Melvin Mestre Jr., 25, and Daniel Orbik. The men were reported overdue early on June 1st and a Coast Guard search on June 1st found their overturned canoe near Gull Island but no sign of the three men.

Investigators noted a skiff operator had warned the group about crossing the bay in an open canoe and offered to tow them back; that offer was declined. Troopers determined the 13-foot craft had a capacity of about 300 pounds, and believed the combined weight of the men and their gear likely exceeded that limit, leaving the canoe dangerously overloaded. The official investigation concluded the men most likely drowned in the frigid bay, and neither Gershbein nor his friends were ever found.

Did anyone in the Homer area at the time remember seeing the canoe leave the Spit that morning or notice anything on the water near Gull Island?