Overdue: Canada-Bound Sailboat Left Hilo Aug. 1

Paul Lim of Salt Spring Island, British Colombia, reportedly left Hilo bound for Victoria, Canada, aboard the 35-foot “Sailing Vessel Watercolour.” He was reported overdue by his family. Courtesy photo.

The US Coast Guard is searching for a Canadian sailor seen leaving Hilo on Aug. 1.

Paul Lim of Salt Spring Island, British Colombia, reportedly left Hilo bound for Victoria, Canada, aboard the 35-foot Sailing Vessel Watercolour.

Coast Guardsmen estimate Lim should’ve have arrived in Victoria by approximately Sept. 10 or 11.

Coast Guardsmen at Rescue Coordination Center Alameda began broadcasting a message to mariners along Lim’s possible route to be on the lookout for his vessel Sept 21.

They have queried dozens of commercial vessels along his route and are broadcasting to all mariners along the Pacific Coast, including Alaska and Hawai‘i.

Watercolour is a 35-foot white hull Spencer vessel with white sails and a blue canvas dodger. Paul Lim of Salt Spring Island, British Colombia, reportedly left Hilo bound for Victoria, Canada, aboard the 35-foot Sailing Vessel Watercolour. He has been reported overdue.

A Coast Guard C-130 from Air Station Barbers Point in Honolulu completed a search in an area between Hilo and Victoria Thursday with no sign of Lim.

The Canadian Coast Guard is assisting by maintaining contact with Lim’s family and is acting as a conduit for information in the search.

Lim was reported overdue by his loved ones to the Canadian Coast Guard.

The Watercolour is a 35-foot white hull Spencer vessel with whites sails and a blue canvas dodger.

Lim was also towing a nine-foot pink dingy behind the Watercolour.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Lim or the Watercolour is asked to call the U.S. Coast Guard at (510) 437-3701.