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Posts on ‘October 10th, 2009’

Coast Guard responds to capsized sailboat

LONG BEACH- The Coast Guard, with the assistance of a good Samaritan, rescued a mariner from a capsized sailboat here, Saturday.

Coast Guard urges mariners exercise caution as high winds are forcast

SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Coast Guard is urging mariners to exercise caution early next week as the National Weather Service has issued a Special Weather Statement for coastal and interior waters from the Big Sur Coast to the Coastal North Bay.

Coast Guard to show off boats, heroes and helicopter

MARINA DEL REY, Calif. – The Coast Guard Cutter Halibut and Coast Guard rescue boats are scheduled to be open for public tours Sunday, October 11, at Marina del Rey’s Burton Chace Park. There is also a planned search and rescue demonstration involving a Coast Guard rescue helicopter.

Coast Guard searching for owner of capsized sailboat

BOSTON — The Coast Guard is searching for the owner of a sailboat found capsized at about 10:30 a.m., Saturday two miles west of Race Point in Provincetown, Mass.

Coast Guard rescues pilot and passengers from a downed aircraft

MARATHON, Fla. – A Coast Guard small boat crew from Station Marathon located and rescued the pilot and his two passengers after their plane crashed Friday night approximately five miles southwest of Cape Sable, Fla.

Coast Guard and Good Samaritan rescue 7 from Gulf of Mexico

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard coordinated the rescue of seven people this morning whose vessel capsized in the Gulf of Mexico approximately 130 miles southeast of Galveston, Texas late yesterday.

Florida Plane Crash Victims Found

NewsOnline.com is reporting that the Coast Guard has found three people after their plane crashed near the waters of Everglades City on Friday night.