BAYFIELD, Mich. – A Coast Guard helicopter from Traverse City searched for a father and son after their sailboat was reported missing today near the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior.
The father, 44, and son, 11, were reported overdue when they did not arrive at their intended destination Wednesday after they reported they were heading in [...]
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Traverse City Aircrew Searches for Missing Boaters
Coast Guard Cutter Blacktip Rescues Six from Sinking Boat
CATALINA ISLAND, Calif. – The Coast Guard Cutter Blacktip, an 87-foot patrol boat home ported in Oxnard, Calif., rescued six people from a sinking boat near the west end of Catalina Island today.
The Coast Guard received a call this morning at 10:38 reporting that a 22-foot pleasure craft was taking on water. A HH-65C Dolphin [...]
Coast Guard Searching for Missing Louisiana Man Near Bahamas
MIAMI — Coast Guard crews are searching for a 39-year-old Louisiana man Thursday who reportedly fell overboard about 37 miles south of Great Inagua, Bahamas.
Paul Callais, of Gonzales, La., was reported missing by the crew of the 97-foot motor vessel, Miss Glo, to search-and-rescue coordinators at the Coast Guard’s Seventh District command center in Miami [...]
Coast Guard helps crew of flooding sailboat
BOSTON – Coast Guard boat crews assisted two people today when their 30-foot sailboat began taking on water and flooding four miles northeast of Gloucester Harbor in Gloucester, Mass., at 12:40 p.m.
When the sailing vessel Pooka, which was headed to Boston from Rye, N.H., called for help over VHF radio, Station Gloucester immediately sent a [...]
Coast Guard assists four people, dog aboard grounded sailboat
BOSTON – The Coast Guard assisted four people and a dog when their 50-foot sailboat ran aground in Long Cove near Rockland, Maine, about 10 a.m., today.
A boat crew from Coast Guard Station Rockland, Maine, went aboard the Portland, Maine, based sailboat Iwalani to confirm that there were no injuries or damage to the vessel. [...]
Coast Guard locates missing owner of kayak
BOSTON (D1 Public Affairs) – The Coast Guard located the owner of the blue kayak that was reported abandoned earlier today in Concord Point, N.H.
While a crew from Station Portsmouth Harbor in Portsmouth, N.H., was checking local marinas, they noticed a similar green kayak at Petey’s Summertime Seafood and Bar in Rye, N.H. Restaurant personnel [...]
Coast Guard Responds to Stranded Vessel in Porcupine Cove
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard responded to a stranded vessel that ran aground and became swamped in Porcupine Cove near Resurrection Bay early Wednesday morning.
An HH-60 ‘Jayhawk’ rescue helicopter from Coast Guard Aviation Support Facility Cordova located the two mariners ashore near their skiff.
The Natoa, a Good Samaritan vessel, relayed communications to the Sector [...]