Update 9 a.m. Thursday:
The Coast Guard said Thursday it suspended its search for missing kayaker Bruce Gronewald on Wednesday, after covering more than 850 square miles of Cook Inlet and Knik Arm.
The multi-agency search included 10 air missions and additional efforts on the ground, the Coast Guard said in a morning dispatch.
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Wednesday story:
A 55-year-old man remained missing Wednesday evening after he left in a kayak two days earlier to secure a canoe in Knik Arm that a pilot had rescued him from Monday morning, the Coast Guard said.
The Coast Guard, Alaska State Troopers and the Civil Air Patrol launched a ground and air search for Bruce Gronewald on Tuesday morning that continued into Wednesday evening, said the Coast Guard.
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Gronewald had called 911 Monday after his canoe started to sink in Knik Arm. Gronewald reported to emergency responders that he had a life vest and traveled with his two dogs. The Anchorage Fire Department said Gronewalds life preserver had floated away and he was left clinging to his sinking canoe in a swift-moving current.
A multi-agency rescue began at 8:46 a.m. Monday. Shortly before 9:30 a.m., a pilot for Rusts Flying Service spotted Gronewald and his dogs. He landed a small float plane and rescued all three.
By that evening, Gronewald had set out in Knik Arm again, the Coast Guard said. Tuesday morning, Gronewalds sister reported him missing. He had left in his kayak Monday and never returned, said Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Shawn Eggert.
Gronewald had planned to paddle out to the canoe and secure it so he could recover it later himself, Eggert said. Thats what the family reported.
The Coast Guard said in a news release that one of its crews found the canoe belonging to Gronewald on Wednesday, but discovered no sign of the man or the yellow kayak he was last seen paddling.
Eggert said around 5:30 p.m. that a search continued for Gronewald in Knik Arm near Anchorage. Gronewald was last seen around 10 p.m. Monday wearing a blue life jacket over a black jacket, the Coast Guard said.
The Coast Guard turned Gronewald's canoe over to the Anchorage Police Department, Eggert said.
Anyone with information on Gronewalds whereabouts is asked to call the Coast Guard at 907-428-4100, he said.
Megan Edge contributed to this report.