Coast Guard assists disabled sailboat 35 miles southeast of Georgetown
Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Corinne Zilnicki
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Coast Guard assisted a disabled sailboat Wednesday 35 miles southeast of Georgetown.
At approximately 7:43 p.m., Coast Guard 7th District Command Center watchstanders received an emergency position indicating radio beacon registered to the Bear of Bermondsey, a 40-foot sailboat.
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Coast Guard rescues 4 people aboard sailboat 3 miles west of Cape Charles, VA
CAPE CHARLES, Va. — The Coast Guard rescued four people from their sailboat Friday night three miles west of Cape Charles.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads received a report at approximately 7 p.m. Friday that a 30-foot sailboat out of Hampton was disabled and beset by weather with two men and two women aboard.
A 25-foot Response Boat-Small crew from Coast Guard Station Cape Charles...
Coast Guard rescues 4 from disabled sailboat
CHARLESTON, S.C. – U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crews from Coast Guard Air Station Savannah, Ga., hoisted four adults from a 35-foot sailboat with disabled engines in 15-to-20-foot seas 65 miles off Charleston Friday afternoon.
The helicopter crews hoisted the four sailors into two helicopters and took them to Charleston Executive Airport in John’s Island, S.C.
The sailors contacted Coast...
Coast Guard rescues two boaters near Morro Bay
MORRO BAY, Calif. — A boat crew from Coast Guard Station Morro Bay rescued two boaters early March 29, after a rogue wave had disabled their 34-foot sailing vessel.
Just before midnight on March 28, the boaters reported that a wave had capsized their sailing vessel. The vessel then righted itself, but sustained a broken mast and loss of electrical power.
The Coast Guard dispatched two 47-foot Motor...
