Coast Guard rescues two people, one dog from sailboat near Apostle Islands, Lake Superior

Coast Guard rescues two people, one dog from sailboat near Apostle Islands, Lake Superior
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — The Coast Guard rescued two people and one dog from a 29-foot sailboat in distress near Sand Island, Wisconsin, in the Apostle Islands National Park, Tuesday night. At 7 p.m. CST, a search-and-rescue coordinator from Coast Guard Sector Sault Sainte Marie responded to a mayday call over VHF-FM radio channel 16 from the operator of a 29-foot sailboat reporting that his boat...

Coast Guard Station Bayfield medevacs 72-year-old man from Apostle Islands in Lake Superior

Coast Guard Station Bayfield medevacs 72-year-old man from Apostle Islands in Lake Superior
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 72-year-old man near Bayfield, Wisconsin, Thursday afternoon. At around 4 p.m., a communications watchstander at Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste. Marie received a call via marine radio from a 35-foot sailing vessel about a 72-year-old male experiencing extreme abdominal pain. The vessel was approximately 2000 yards southeast of Stockton...

Coast Guard medically evacuates 17-year-old girl in Lake Superior near Madeline Island

Coast Guard medically evacuates 17-year-old girl in Lake Superior near Madeline Island
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard conducted a medical evacuation Sunday afternoon of a 17-year-old girl from a boat on Lake Superior near Madeline Island. Just before 1 p.m., a search-and-rescue controller at Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, received a request from Ashland, Wisconsin 911 dispatchers to transport the girl to emergency medical service personnel waiting on shore. The girl was...

Off-duty Coast Guardsman, Auxiliarist respond to boating accident, assist 3 near Madeline Island, Wis.

Off-duty Coast Guardsman, Auxiliarist respond to boating accident, assist 3 near Madeline Island, Wis.
CLEVELAND – An off-duty Coast Guard petty officer and a Coast Guard Auxiliarist boating on Lake Superior Friday evening assisted three people, two of whom were injured, after hearing a distress call following a boating accident near Madeline Island, Wis. A Coast Guard crew from Station Bayfield, Wis., respond to an incident near La Pointe, Madeline Island, on Lake Superior July 18, 2014. (Photo...

Coast Guard Station Bayfield boatcrew rescues 2 from aground sailing vessel near Oak lsland

Coast Guard Station Bayfield boatcrew rescues 2 from aground sailing vessel near Oak lsland
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard rescued two people, early Sunday morning, aboard an aground sailing vessel in the vicinity of Oak Island, Wisconsin. At about 2 a.m., the Coast Guard responded to a distress call over VHF-FM channel 16, the designated international hailing and distress channel. The captain of the vessel reported that their anchor had dragged and they drifted aground and were stranded. A...

Coast Guard assists 2 separate disabled vessels in Lake Superior

Coast Guard assists 2 separate disabled vessels in Lake Superior
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard assisted two separate disabled vessels in Lake Superior late Sunday night, towing the vessels to local marinas. At 8:53 p.m., a rescue boat crew, aboard a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Coast Guard Station Bayfield, Wis., responded to an urgent marine information broadcast issued by the harbor master at Saxon Harbor, which is located on Lake Superior’s Oronto...

Coast Guard conducts medevac of a crewmember from 1,000-foot laker

Coast Guard conducts medevac of a crewmember from 1,000-foot laker
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich.— The Coast Guard conducted an emergency medical evacuation of a sick crewmember from a 1,000-foot laker operating approximately 40 miles northwest of Bayfield, Wis. in Lake Superior, late Saturday morning. At around 8 a.m. CST, a search-and-rescue coordinator at Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., answered a distress call via VHF-FM channel 16, from the 1,000 foot...

Coast Guard Station Bayfield rescues 2 kayakers from Lake Superior

Coast Guard Station Bayfield rescues 2 kayakers from Lake Superior
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich.— The Coast Guard rescued two kayakers from Chequamegon Bay in western Lake Superior near Bayfield, Wis., Thursday afternoon. At approximately 3:15 p.m., CST, a search-and-rescue coordinator at Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., received a report, from the Bayfield 911 dispatch, of two missing kayakers in Chequamegon Bay. The kayakers were part of a group of three...

Coast Guard medically evacuates woman from Apostle Islands in Lake Superior

Coast Guard medically evacuates woman from Apostle Islands in Lake Superior
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 48-year-old woman from an island in Lake Superior Thursday afternoon. At noon, a search-and-rescue controller at Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., received a phone call from a man requesting a medical evacuation for a women showing signs of a heart attack on Stockton Island, Wis., one of the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior. The man reported...