The U.S. Coast Guard has called off the search for a boater who went missing near Santa Catalina Island, authorities said Tuesday.
Lawrence Nash of Redondo Beach was last seen early Sunday morning leaving a bait barge near Cabrillo Beach Marina. He called an emergency tow service from a mobile phone about 3:30 a.m. Monday and said he was aboard a 12-foot skiff that was disabled and adrift half a mile north of the island, said a spokeswoman for the Coast Guard.
