Weather off the coast of Acapulco hinders efforts to find missing Baltimore manWeather conditions are keeping the Mexican Navy from approaching the capsized sailboat of a U.S. citizen who was reported missing on July 21, officials told ABC News Tuesday. Donald Lawson, from Baltimore, Maryland, was piloting the sailboat, U.S. Coast Guard District 11 Petty Officer Hunter Schnabel told ABC News. Three vessels and a “persuader aircraft” were deployed, the Mexican Navy said, in the search and location operation. MORE: US heat wave lingers in Southwest, intensifies in Midwest: Latest forecastyLawson had been on the journey hoping to set a speed record, sailing a trimaran around the world, Baltimore ABC affiliate WMAR reported. Weather off the coast of Acapulco hinders efforts to find missing Baltimore man originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News July 25, 2023 19:27 UTC