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4 Fishermen Rescued Shackelford Banks, NC

4 Fishermen Rescued Shackelford Banks, NC

Coast Guard hoists 4 fishermen after vessel runs aground near Shackelford Banks, North Carolina   Editors’ Note: Click on images to download high resolution version. WILMINGTON, N.C.- The Coast Guard rescued four men after their 78-foot fishing vessel ran... Read More
John K. Fulweiler, Esq. – New Sponsor for Boat Watch

John K. Fulweiler, Esq. – New Sponsor for Boat Watch

Thank you and welcome to John K. Fulweiler, Esq., a sailor, author and maritime lawyer in Newport, Rhode Island and now a sponsor for Boatwatch.org. John possesses a deep appreciation for coastal waters, oceans and the adventures that unfold when plying either. A... Read More

Fisherman Rescued by USCG and US Military Micronesia

Coast Guard, partners rescue adrift mariner off Federated States of Micronesia   SANTA RITA, Guam — The Coast Guard, Navy, Air Force, and Federated States of Micronesia Police rescued an adrift mariner off the Lukunor Atoll in the Mortlock Islands of Chuuk,... Read More
USCG Rescues 3 From Life Raft Dauphin Island Alabama

USCG Rescues 3 From Life Raft Dauphin Island Alabama

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard rescued three people who went into the water after their vessel caught fire near Dauphin Island, Alabama, Wednesday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report at 5:55 p.m. of three people aboard a 36-foot sport fisher... Read More
Wind and Seas Sink Ship Off Coast of Colon Panama

Wind and Seas Sink Ship Off Coast of Colon Panama

District of Santa Isabel on the Costa Arriba of Colon After several hours of being stranded on the beach reef in the community of Viento Frio, the Lakota ship sunk sunk this Monday in this sector of the district of Santa Isabel on the Costa Arriba of Colon. It was... Read More
Cruising Club Of America – Boat Watch Gets A Make-Over

Cruising Club Of America – Boat Watch Gets A Make-Over

Boatwatch is an organization that serves as a conduit between the family and friends of overdue and missing boaters and the many governmental agencies responsible for Search and Rescue Operations throughout the world CCA Members Eddie and Glenn Tuttle (Florida) took... Read More
Sailor Rescued Near Long Beach Washington

Sailor Rescued Near Long Beach Washington

Coast Guard rescues man from disabled sailing vessel near Long Beach, Wash. Long Beach, Wash. — The Coast Guard rescued a man after his sailing vessel became disabled dangerously close to the surf near Peacock Spit Friday, 03 JAN 2020, about one mile from the shore... Read More
130 foot Crabbing Vessel Sinks Off Alaska Two Rescued

130 foot Crabbing Vessel Sinks Off Alaska Two Rescued

Coast Guard Releases Names Of F/V Scandies Rose Survivors And Crew Members Still Missing   After deciding to suspend its search for five people feared dead after their 130-foot crabbing boat sank on New Year’s Eve off the Alaska Peninsula, the U.S. Coast... Read More