Coast Guard searching for missing boat in Block Island Sound
BOSTON – The Coast Guard is searching for an overdue 26-foot boat in Block Island Sound this evening.
Owner of abandoned kayak located after intensive search
BOSTON – A 55-year-old Exeter, R.I. man called the Coast Guard this morning at 9:26 a.m. to report he is the owner of an abandoned kayak that washed ashore behind the Dune’s Club in Narragansett, R.I. last night.
Coast Guard saves three from fouled sailboat – video
BOSTON – A Coast Guard Jawhawk helicopter crew plucked three people from a 35-foot sailboat today after it got tangled in a fishing net, half of a mile from Lands End, in Newport, R.I.
Coast Guard ends search for missing person near Narragansett
BOSTON – Coast Guard crews ended their search today for a person who went missing on Sunday near Narragansett, R.I.
A Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., the 110-foot Coast Guard Cutter Tybee from Woods Hole, Mass., and boat crews from Coast Guard Station Castle Hill, Station Point Judith and the Department of Environmental Management searched for about 24 hours...
Coast Guard rescues one, continues searching for second person
BOSTON -Coast Guard crews are searching for a person in the water around Black Point in Narragansett, R.I., tonight.
Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England in Woods Hole, Mass., received a call from a 911 dispatcher around 6 p.m., reporting two people in the water needing assistance.
A 41-foot boat crew from Station Castle Hill, a 47-foot boat crew from Station Point Judith and a Jayhawk helicopter...
Rhode Island ferry hits unmanned sailboats, Coast Guard investigates
BOSTON – Coast Guard crews responded to a report that a Newport, R.I., -based ferry had struck two empty sailboats in Newport Harbor at 3:48 p.m., today.
No injuries or pollution were reported. All vessels involved sustained minor scratches.
The crew of the 65-foot ferry Adirondack II reported the boat had become caught on an anchor line as they were leaving Newport. When they stopped the boat...
Coast Guard continues search for man missing from sailboat
BOSTON (D1 Public Affairs) – The Coast Guard continues its search for a 65-year-old man missing from his sailboat near the northern entrance of the Sakonnet River in Rhode Island today.
Missing is Bernard Mochan of Clinton, Conn.
Mochan’s wife called Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England and reported he fell off their 32-foot sailboat, Elizabeth, around 4:50 p.m.
A 25-foot boat from...
Coast Guard searching for man missing from sailboat
BOSTON (D1 Public Affairs) – The Coast Guard and local agencies are searching for a 65-year-old man missing from a sailboat near the south base of Mount Hope Bay in Rhode Island today.
Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England received a radio call from a woman aboard the 32-foot sailboat Elizabeth around 4:50 p.m., reporting her husband fell off their sailboat.
A 25-foot boat from Coast Guard...
Cutter Morro Bay Collision Update
BOSTON – The Coast Guard is continuing its investigation into the collision that occurred today three miles north of Block Island, R.I., between the 140-foot buoy tender Coast Guard Cutter Morro Bay and a Block Island ferry.
The cause of the collision is still being determined at this time. Coast Guard investigators are interviewing both the crew of the Morro Bay and the ferry. Drug and alcohol...
