Coast Guard Rescues Sailboat Crashing Against Rocks (Story w Video)

(SEATTLE, WA, June 2, 2007) - The Coast Guard assisted four people on a sailing vessel that ran aground at the south end of Lopez Island, Wash. on May 27th. Coast Guard Group Port Angeles received a call from the 36-foot sailing vessel, the Shekinech, that they had ran aground and needed assistance. A Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles and a Coast Guard 33-foot small response boat crew from Coast Guard Station Bellingham also launched to the scene. Upon arrival the 33-foot small response boat pulled the Shekinech off of the rocks while the helicopter hovered in case of further complications. A commercial assitance vessel arrived at the scene and established a tow enroute Oak Harbor on Whidbey Island, Wash. No injuries were reported.

Video: Dramatic Rescue of Sailboat Crashing Against Rock Cliff

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Coast Guard Rescues NJ Pleasure Boaters

OFFSHORE OF OCEAN CITY, NJ, May 29, 2007 (USCG) - Coast Guard and commercial salvage crews de-watered a 27-foot pleasure craft on Sunday, May 27, 2007.

The Coast Guard received a call for assistance from four people aboard the vessel, taking on water about five nautical miles east of Ocean City at 11:23 a.m.

Boatcrews from Coast Guard Station Townsends Inlet, N.J., and Coast Guard Station Great Egg, in Ocean City, responded to assist.

After the pleasure craft was successfully de-watered, it was towed into port by the crew of the commercial salvage boat while the four crewmembers were transported to Somers Point, N.J., by the Station Great Egg boatcrew

After the pleasure craft was successfully de-watered, it was towed into port by the crew of the commercial salvage boat while the four crewmembers were transported to Somers Point, N.J., by the Station Great Egg boatcrew

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