Coast Guard crews from Alabama and Florida are searching this morning for three boaters approximately three to five nautical miles north of Dog Island in St. George Sound, off the coast of Carrabelle, Fla. an 87-ft. patrol boat, the Coast Guard Cutter Bonito, from Pensacola, Fla., are searching for the boaters. About 6 p.m. Tuesday, Coast Guard Group Mobile received a distress call from a boater on the pleasure craft Sun Bird. Guard his boat was taking on water. After five minutes, the boater said his radio was getting wet, and he couldn't take it anymore. the area of the distressed boaters. A rescue boat from Station Panama City was also sent to assist with the search. vessel and aircraft and a vessel from Sea Tow, a commercial salvage company, also responded.