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Five men in a paddle boat were lost in the northern Marmara Sea, Turkey, on 17 August 2014. One of the bodies and some parts of the paddle boat were recovered 100 km south of the incident after seven days. The other four bodies were never recovered. An ocean circulation and a Lagrangian drift model were used together to predict the possible recovery site of the four bodies after they were lost in the Marmara Sea. Based on the circulation model output and atmospheric conditions at the time of the incident, it is concluded that there are two possible fates for the missing bodies. They either travelled west and reached the western coast of the Marmara Sea or, most probably, they drifted further to the south and left the Marmara Sea by passing through the Dardanelles Strait.