A WEST Coast Demerara father and son are feared dead at sea, with sketchy reports of what happened on the fishing trip they went on two weeks ago.
The men were part of a crew of four that left Guyana on a 56-foot long fishing vessel.
Missing are Samuel Dabideen, 43, the captain of the vessel, and his son Arjohn Persaud, 23.

The men are from De Willem, West Coast Demerara.
The others who went with them on the trip are Omadatt Basdeo, 32, called Budha, who lives on the West Coast of Demerara and Mahesh Singh, 35 of Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara.
Reports have revealed that the men left on the vessel on September, 27 2016 from the shores of Ruby, East Bank Essequibo.
Relatives were told that the captain and his son went missing on September 29, but they received the information only Tuesday last from the owner of the vessel.
According to relatives, they were told that once on high sea, Mahesh Singh was left on the larger vessel to overlook the three men who ventured out in a smaller boat with a 1,000-pound seine to catch fish.
“He [Mahesh Singh] said he was cooking, mashing flour when the other men left on the boat.
“He said he come out back and see them throw up a flag, and by the time he raise up back to go to the bow he didn’t see anybody,” one relative said.
“He then pulled up the anchor and started driving around to look for them since he didn’t see them anymore.”
The relative further explained that Mahesh Singh gave up the search two days after the men went missing and he decided to return to Guyana, where the owner of the vessel was contacted and told of what had occurred.
“The owner informed the family only Tuesday last because he said he didn’t want to stress anyone out,” the relative said.
According to another relative, they flew out into the interior close to the Venezuelan border to launch a search for the missing men when they were contacted by the owner of the vessel who told them that “he had good news and bad news.”
“He said Budha (Omadatt Basdeo) is on a flight coming back to Guyana, but the other two men are still missing,” he noted.
The relatives said that they met Omadatt Basdeo at Mabaruma, Region One (Barima-Waini) and inquired what exactly had happened. Basdeo claimed that they went out with the seine, the boat capsized and he swam three miles before reaching the shores of Trinidad to seek the assistance of the police and coast guard there.
“He said that he tied them up with jars attached to their shoulders so they could float in the water.”
Basdeo claimed that the boat captain complained that his stomach was hurting and the son said he couldn’t make it to swim the distance.
Basdeo told relatives that once he reached shore in Trinidad, he jumped a woman’s fence to her yard and related what had happened.
“He said at first the lady thought he was a thief, but he had to explain exactly what happened, and a police that lived next door escorted him to the station where the coast guard assisted in the search, but no one was found,” a relative stated.
However, after that encounter with Basdeo, he was never seen again nor has he contacted anyone with information pertaining to his whereabouts.
Relatives said they obtained a letter from the Ministry of Public Security to send to Trinidad to assist with the search for the missing men.