While the Coast Guard on Monday said it couldn’t definitely say the Aegean was struck by another boat, race organizers say the debris doesn’t suggest an explosion and that two sailors on other boats reported seeing a much larger vessel in the area.

Without discounting the likelihood of a collision, the Coast Guard noted that the last known position of Aegean was close to a rocky shoreline on one of the Coronado Islands.

But the area west of the Coronado Islands where the Aegean was hit also is a common path for tankers and freighters heading to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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