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Missing North Carolina man’s boat found in Azores

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CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. (AP) — Officials say the boat of a North Carolina man missing for seven months has washed ashore in the Azores Islands, thousands of miles from the marina where it was last seen. Carolina Beach police said Monday that Joseph Matthew Johnson has not been found, but authorities in the Azores said a boat registered to Johnson washed up last week on the small island of São Jorge, some 2,700 miles (4,345 kilometers) across the ocean. Police say the 44-year-old resident of Carolina Beach was last seen leaving Federal Point Yacht Club marina on Nov. 22 on his boat. Johnson was reported missing five days later by a friend who arrived in town for a previously arranged fishing trip.

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