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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) \u2014 U.S. Coast Guard crews suspended their search late Wednesday for three people missing a day after a boat capsized in the cold, choppy waters of San Francisco Bay while carrying 20 family members and friends who went out to scatter the ashes of a loved one.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSuspending a search is one of the hardest parts of our job and our condolences are with the families of all involved,\u201d U.S. Coast Guard Captain Jared S. Toczko said in a statement. <\/p>\n

Ralph Boisa said his extended family and a few close friends were on his younger brother\u2019s boat Tuesday afternoon to celebrate the life of his daughter who died over a decade ago and was in her 30s.<\/p>\n

His older brother, Clifford, died shortly after being pulled out of the water. Sixteen others were rescued as the cabin cruiser was hit by a wave, took on water, listed heavily to one side and rolled over before sinking. Clifford\u2019s dog also died.<\/p>\n

The three people missing are his sister Carol, Clifford\u2019s wife Jackie, and his daughter\u2019s friend, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve gone through a lot of tragedy over the years,\u201d said Boisa, who lost his other daughter in 1995. He lives in Washington and couldn\u2019t make it for the excursion.<\/p>\n

Search ends at sundown Wednesday<\/h3>\n

Crews searched more than 814 square miles (2,108.3 square kilometers), according to the Coast Guard, and suspended their search \u201cpending further developments.\u201d<\/p>\n

Toczko previously said he would not dismiss the possibility that those missing could still be alive, though he also said some could have been trapped inside the three-deck, 49-foot (15-meter) cabin cruiser.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do know individuals were in the main deck and potentially below deck,\u201d he said. Witnesses described seeing people pounding on glass windows, trapped as the boat sank.<\/p>\n

Crews have identified the location the boat sank but have yet to determine how deep it sank, Toczko said. <\/p>\n

Once the boat is located, officials will send either divers or an underwater drone to determine if it\u2019s feasible to salvage it, said San Francisco Police Commander Brien Hoo. If the boat is under 120 feet (37 meters) of water, it would be difficult for divers to get to it, he said. <\/p>\n

Witnesses reported \u201crough seas,\u201d San Francisco Fire Department Chief Dean Crispen said, and rescuers said swells reached up to 5 feet (1.5 meters). Marine weather conditions, however, didn\u2019t warrant a small craft advisory from the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n

Fire department spokesperson Lt. Mariano Elias said the vessel, named Volare, was registered out of Stockton, California, which sits at the eastern edge of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. <\/p>\n

According to the ship-tracking website VesselFinder, the boat departed a San Francisco marina, passed under the Golden Gate Bridge twice and visited Angel Island State Park, the largest natural island in the bay. It was on its way back to San Francisco when it sank near Alcatraz, the famous maximum-security federal prison which closed more than 60 years ago.<\/p>\n

Kirk Miller, an experienced local sailor with a master mariner license, said an uneven distribution of passengers could have caused the Volare to tip.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs it rocks in the waves, it leans over a little bit,\u201d Miller said. \u201cAnd as it leans over, the stability would decrease. If you had weight down below it acts as ballast. There was nothing in the conditions that were extreme in any regard. There was no massive gust of wind, no huge wave.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like a \u2018Titanic\u2019 scene, rescuer says<\/h3>\n

Two men who jumped into action while fishing for halibut said the boat that sank was more than capable of being out in the bay. Justin Marceline and Michael Montoya said they saw what they thought was smoke and arrived to find the vessel halfway submerged.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just started yanking people out,\u201d Marceline told The Associated Press. At least two people bobbed in the water without life jackets, while others clung to a windsurfer\u2019s board.<\/p>\n

Marceline could see people trapped inside the rapidly sinking boat through its windows. He threw lead fishing weights to survivors in the water, hoping they could smash the glass, but they were too weak.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was like Titanic in real life,\u201d he said. \u201cThere was stuff everywhere. People were banging on the glass.\u201d<\/p>\n

Montoya estimated they pulled eight or nine people aboard, including the captain, before first responders arrived.<\/p>\n

Initial callers reported what appeared to be smoke coming from the boat, but San Francisco police officers who first reached the vessel said it was steam. <\/p>\n

Toczko said there were life jackets onboard the boat and that some people were rescued wearing them.<\/p>\n

Sudden immersion in water under 60 degrees Fahrenheit (15 degrees Celsius) can lead to cold water shock, a condition where people lose dexterity in minutes. That can be dangerous or deadly when trying to escape a sinking watercraft.<\/p>\n

The owners of the boat are John Boisa and Miriam Boisa of Stockton, Coast Guard records show. They did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment. <\/p>\n

\u201cAll of us are grieving during this time,\u201d he told the San Francisco Chronicle.<\/p>\n

Ralph Boisa said his brother John is a \u201cvery capable and experienced boatsman\u201d who served in the U.S. Navy. He frequently took family members out on the boat to the San Francisco Bay, Boisa said.<\/p>\n

His older brother who died, Clifford Boisa, lived on a small prune orchard in Sutter County in the Sacramento Valley and was a volunteer sheriff\u2019s deputy for more than a decade. Ralph Boisa had planned to visit him for his 80th birthday party next month.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was a happy guy, jovial,\u201d Boisa said. \u201cWe\u2019re pretty broken up here.\u201d<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

Associated Press writers Kathy McCormack in Concord, New Hampshire; Ed White in Detroit; Hallie Golden in Seattle; and photographer Noah Berger in San Francisco contributed to this story. <\/p>\n

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