USCG Training Exercise On Patapsco River, Maryland Tonight
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard will be conducting a training exercise south of the Francis Scott Key Bridge off of Fort Howard on the Patapsco River in Maryland from approximately 6:30 p.m. until 10:30 p.m., tonight. The exercise will include helicopter operations, boat...
Four Fishermen Rescued North Carolina from 88 foot Vessel
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard hoisted four fishermen from an 88-foot fishing vessel in Browns Inlet, North Carolina, Monday morning. Coast Guard Sector North Carolina received a radio distress call at approximately 8:12 a.m. from a crewmember aboard the fishing...
Coast Guard Medevacs Hunter From Savannah National Wildlife Refuge
Editor’s note: Coast Guard stock image SAVANNAH, Ga. — Coast Guard crews medevaced an injured hunter Sunday from the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge. The 45-year-old male injured his ankle while hunting. Coast Guard Air Station Savannah watch standers received...
Two Sailors Rescued From Catamaran Off Puerto Rico
Coast Guard crews, good Samaritan rescue 1 French national, 1 U.S. citizen from sinking catamaran north of Manati, Puerto Rico SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard air and surface crews and the crew of the passenger ferry Kydon combined efforts to rescue two boaters...
Yachts’ SSB Radio Station, Cruisers’ Crime Database and Overdue Vessel Network Join Forces
This article courtesy of Caribbean Compass MagazineDec, 2019 edition The Seven Seas Cruising Association’s high-frequency radio service, KPK, has teamed with the Caribbean Safety & Security Net and Boatwatch.org to benefit all cruisers. When Glenn Tuttle was asked...
SV Star Captain rescued 170 Miles off North Carolina
MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. — At approximately 1538 hrs, 28 NOV 2019, The Coast Guard hoisted a man from his disabled sailing vessel, SV STAR, located approximately 170-miles east of Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, Thursday afternoon. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard’s Fifth...
SV Distant Drummer Rescued by USCG
The following news article courtesy of https://www.news.uscg.mil/ MIAMI — The Coast Guard and a good Samaritan vessel assisted a disabled 68-foot sailing vessel more than 420 miles east of Cape Canaveral. Coast Guard 7th District Command Center watchstanders received...
USCG Suspends Search For Missing Boater Off Sanibel Island, Florida
VALID 25 NOV 2019 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The Coast Guard ended its search for a missing man after a Coast Guard Station Ft. Myers 29-foot Response Boat—Small boat crew located a man near the southeast side of Sanibel Island, Monday. The Station Ft. Myers RB—S boat crew...