Cape & Islands News

Dramatic resue of UK couple; 70-foot fishing vessel ran aground on Naushon

70-foot Dragger  Captain Lyman came acropper last night

The Coast Guard reports that a 70-foot fishing vessel ran aground on the southeast side of Naushon Island late last night.

  Click this night image to see the    Coast Guard videoThe 105-ton fishing vessel Captain Lyman ran aground in Lackey's Bay north of Job's Neck as it headed west through Vineyard Sound. 

No injuries or pollution were reported. Coast Guard Station Woods Hole responded with a 41' patrol boat to assess the situation and to confirm that no pollution occurred. 

The vessel's owner hired a commercial company that successfully towed the vessel away from where it ran aground and escorted it to New Bedford, Mass.

The Captain Lyman is home ported in Hampton Roads, VA and had a five-man man crew aboard when the grounding took place. No injuries were reported.
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U.K. Sailors rescued in storm
A 33 foot boat in 15 foot seas

See the dramatic ON-SCENE FOOTAGE and ARRIVAL VIDEO 

BOSTON - A Coast Guard air crew rescued two people from their sailboat about 230 miles south of Nantucket, MA around 9 a.m. today.

^{Click on the image on right to see the dramatic Coast Guard video.} 

Coast Guard Command Center, Boston and United Kingdom Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Center Falmouth received an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) signal from sailing vessel Honora around 4:20 a.m. indicating they may be in distress. MRCC Falmouth indicated the vessel had departed a U.S. port around May 8, headed back to the United Kingdom.

Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast around 5 to alert other mariners in the area who could assist.

Air Station Cape Cod launched an HU-25 Falcon Jet around 5:45 a.m. and an HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter around 7 a.m. Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C. launched a HC-130J Hercules long-range aircraft around 7 a.m. to provide additional air support.

The Falcon crew arrived on-scene around 6:30 a.m. and dropped survival gear and a life raft to the Honora. The boat's crew was unable to retrieve the gear due to the difficult conditions. 

The HU-25 Falcon Jet's pilot, Lt. Cmdr. David Gudbrandsen described the wind and sea conditions as intense. "Without their sails up, it was really hard to see them.  They would completely disappear into the trough of the waves. They were very happy to know they would be back at Cape Cod in a few hours," said Gudbrandsen.

The HC-130J aircraft and the HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter air crew arrived on-scene around 9 a.m. The two seafarers were hoisted into the helicopter and transported to Nantucket Airport due to low visibility. Once the fog lifted, the crew was able to return to Cape Cod.

"This was a challenging rescue because of the weather departing and recovering, the sea state on-scene and because we were at the very edge of the helicopter's range," explained Lt. Jg. Adam Young, helicopter pilot during rescue.

The Coast Guard has issued a Safety Marine Information Broadcast regarding the sailing vessel adrift.