{"result":"update_story","description":"<p>Police in Nanaimo say a search is underway both at sea and on land after a woman&#39;s sailboat was discovered washed ashore and empty.<\/p> <p>Mounties say 34-year-old Amber Nitchman is the registered owner of the 10-metre white sailboat that was found Thursday near Bayshore Drive and Hammond Bay Road off Nanaimo. <\/p> <p><img alt=\"&lt;who&gt; Photo Credit: Canadian Press\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"\/files\/files\/images\/a69430f8bb645867cee80bd2dff0523595ea20f7d3272a92376ed9eaef002198(1).jpg\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" \/><\/p> <p>No one was on the boat, and Nanaimo Search and Rescue, the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre, the coast guard and Nanaimo RCMP have taken part in a ground and water search for the woman. <\/p> <p>Police are asking that anyone with information on the case contact investigators immediately.<\/p>\n\t\t<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1515615292703-0\" class=\"dfp-ad dfp-in-content\" style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">\n\t\t<script>\n\t\t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(\"div-gpt-ad-1515615292703-0\"); });\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t <p>The RCMP has released photos of both Nitchman and her boat, named the Gypsy Soul, hoping someone might have more information about Nitchman&#39;s location. <\/p> <p>Investigators did not release any additional details on the case, including when the woman was last seen before her boat washed ashore.<\/p>","title":"Search underway for BC woman missing after empty boat washes ashore"}