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Where's Ornaith? Bay-based singlehanded sailor Ornaith Murphy and her estranged husband have not been seen since mid-December. Neither has Ornaith’s Cal 39 Sola III, which — among other voy¬ ages — she singlehanded around Cape Horn in 1994. Friends, family and official searchers have found no clue to what happened to them.

Kieran Murphy, who lived in San Francisco, has not been heard from since December 15. He was reported missing on the 17th when he didn't show up for work. In the course of their investiga¬ tion into his disap¬ pearance, police at¬ tempted to contact

Ornaith Murphy — have you seen her?

Ornaith, who lives in Oakland, only to learn that no one had heard from her since the 16th, either. And no one had seen her Oakland-based boat either. The last sighting of Ornaith and Sola III was apparently a brief stop she made in Berkeley Marina on the 16th.

Ornaith has been both the subject, and the author, of sev¬ eral articles in Latitude 38. She has long been held in high regard for a number of long-distance singlehanded ocean passages.

Kieran has blue eyes and gray hair. He is 58 years old, stands 5' 11" and weighs 190 pounds. Ornaith is 55, 5' 3", 130 pounds and has striking blue eyes. Sola III has a white hull, with blue and silver graphics.

If you have any knowledge of the whereabouts of Kieran, please contact the San Francisco Police Department at (415) 558-5508. If you have seen Ornaith or Sola III, please call the Oakland Police at (510) 238-3641.

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The Gulf of the Farallones is home to one-fifth of the Cali¬ fornia population of harbor seals. Each spring, females haul out on beaches and sandbars to give birth. The proximity of these locations — which include Tomales Bay and Bolinas Lagoon — to large human population centers increases the likelihood of disturbance by people, dogs, kayaks, aircraft, and other human influences. Past research has shown that motorized boats and kayaks are the most likely to frighten

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