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Coast Guard Rescues Four from Eight-Foot Seas
Rescued sailors arrive at Coast Guard Canal Station
The crew of the 210-foot Coast Guard Cutter Reliance, based in Kittery, Maine, rescued Paul and Linda Doughty and Berlinda and Antoinette Cole on Monday from their 38-foot sailboat, Wolf, which was floundering in eight foot seas 200 miles off the Carolina coast.
Crew members from the Coast Guard Cutter Reliance (highlighted) pull four boaters from the floundering sailing vessel May 13, 2008. Coast Guard photo.A boat crew from Station Cape Cod Canal is scheduled to transport the four to the Cape Cod Canal station today.
The crew of the Reliance, which by pure luck was only six miles from the Wolf when they received the distress call, arrived to the aid of the sailing vessel just in time. The sailboat's cabin had filled with approximately four feet of water, and the vessel's bilge pumps had lost power and were no longer pumping the water off the boat.
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A rescue crew from the Reliance piloted their ship's small boat through 8- to-10-foot seas to the sailing vessel and pulled all four of the sailors off the sinking vessel safely.
Vessel adrift
The four sailors are aboard the Reliance and are in good condition. They will stay aboard the cutter until the ship pulls into Cape Cod.
The crew of the Reliance was unable to tow the Wolf into port safely because it was taking on so much water and the seas offshore were too large. The vessel is adrift and its position has been marked in order to prevent it from initiating any false mayday calls.
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Actually, now the video seems to be gone, but I'll tell you, the waterline was normal and sails were furled and in a black sail cover.
Those people were very prepared and there were not reason for them to put the other vessels into 8 feet of waves. It would have been stupid to get into the other vessel if the boat did not sink yet. Maybe you people should get some safety lessons before going on a boat yourself.
The water inside the cabin was not 8 feet deep but only knee deep. More the reason why you didnt have to put the other vessels into the water yet.
Moreover, they all put on their PFD life jackets and did the right thing to with the EPIRB and calling the Coast Guard on satellite phone.
So, be smart about what you say before you comment.
Are you people so stupid that all you can think of is MONEY!!!
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The boat is sitting correctly on her lines!
Doesn't look like a crew prepared to abandon ship to me.
The inflatable is still lashed to the transom and there is a kayak lashed to the rail.
Hmm. Taken by surprise by a cutter too close to a false rescue call while trying to collect some insurance money?
Just a thought.