Lost sailor saved by Coast Guard crews
BOSTON- Coast Guard crews from Maine and Cape Cod coordinated the rescue of a lost sailor off the coast of Maine around 4:45 p.m., today, as he tried to sail from Portland to Groton, Conn.
Coast Guard Sector Northern New England received a radio distress call at 2:36 p.m., from 68 year-old Michael Mavor aboard the sailing vessel Yare reporting that he was alone on his sailboat, and that his vessel...
Prompt responses to calls for help saves two lives
BOSTON- Two people were rescued today after several local agencies and good Samaritans responded quickly to two unrelated Coast Guard urgent marine broadcasts calling for help for vessels in distress off the coast of Maine.
Coast Guard Station South Portland received a call from Sea Tow at 1:14 p.m., reporting that an 18-foot pleasure craft was aground near Cushing Island and people were possibly in...
Disabled fishing boat safely moored in South Portland
BOSTON (D1 Publc Affairs) – A 44-foot fishing boat carrying four people that was previously disabled and adrift about 60 miles southeast of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, is now safely moored in South Portland, Maine.
The 210-foot Coast Guard Cutter Dependable, from Cape May, N.J., towed the Maria and Dorothy to the entrance of Portland Harbor. There, the tow was passed to a boat from Coast Guard Station...
Coast Guard cutter towing disabled fishing boat
BOSTON (D1 Public Affairs) – A Coast Guard cutter is towing a Portland, Maine, fishing vessel with four people aboard that became disabled and adrift about 60 miles southeast of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, around 12 a.m., Sunday.
The Coast Guard Cutter Dependable, from Cape May, N.J., is currently towing the 44-foot vessel, Maria and Dorothy, and is planning to pass the tow to a boat from Coast Guard...
Warm weather keeps Coast Guard busy
BOSTON (D1 Public Affairs) – Coast Guard Sector Northern New England was extremely busy conducting multiple operations as warm temperatures sharply increased boating activity in New England waters this past weekend.
Personnel from the sector, located in South Portland, Maine, responded to three fires. The first occurred Friday when the Washburn and Doughty Shipyard in East Boothbay, Maine caught...
Coast Guard responds to boat fire, explosion
BOSTON (D1 Public Affairs) – The Coast Guard and several other state and local agencies responded when a fishing boat with one person aboard caught fire and exploded off the coast of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, about 10:30 a.m., today.
Kenneth Johnson called Coast Guard Sector Northern New England in South Portland, Maine, to report that his boat was on fire and he needed help. He later reported that...
Coast Guard finds missing airplane, crew
BOSTON – A Coast Guard boat crew recovered the bodies of a husband and wife killed when their plane crashed today off the coast of Maine.
Edward and Maryann Mainardi left Millinocket, Maine, aboard a multi-engine Cessna and were heading toward New Jersey when they crashed 18 miles east of Portland.
Brunswick Navy Air Station in Brunswick, Maine, notified Coast Guard Sector Northern New England...
