Two weeks after 71-year-old boat captain Reuben Bajjo and 22-year-old seaman Mikael Ricketts mysteriously vanished, allegedly at sea and while aboard the vessel M/V Black Pearl, distraught relatives say they remain desperate for answers and are clinging to hope that the men will be found alive.

Bajjo, of Henry Morgan Boulevard in Port Royal, Kingston, and Ricketts, of Morgan Boulevard in the same community, were reported missing after departing Jamaica on May 9 aboard the 42-foot vessel.

While initial maritime reports indicated that the vessel was headed to Miami, Ricketts’ relatives told The Gleaner on Sunday that they were later informed that the boat was actually being delivered to The Bahamas, after it was reportedly negotiated for sale in that Caribbean territory.