Browsing Tag rescue
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Emergency Signaling Devices
Previously published in BWS May 2016. Several years ago during the annual Fastnet Race from Cowes to Fastnet Rock and back, the crew of Rambler 100—a 100 foot ...
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Four Rescued From Sailboat Off New York
A crew from Coast Guard Station Fire Island rescued four people aboard a sailing vessel southwest of the Fire Island Inlet, New York. Watchstanders at Station Fire Island ...
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Two Sailors Rescued from Sailboat near Newport, Oregon
The Coast Guard is hoping that the sailboat, that went aground near Newport, Oregon, can be refloated at high tide and power itself back out into deeper water. ...
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Couple Rescued from Burning Sailboat
A couple were forced to leap from a burning yacht after its engine erupted into flames off the coast near Poole in Dorset, U.K.. They were able to ...
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Veteran Yachtsman Rescued at Sea After Accident off the Coast of Australia
A 73-year-old sailor in the process of delivering a yacht from Queensland to Darwin has had to be rescued by the Royal Australian Navy less than 60 miles ...
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Merchant Ship Rescues Survivors from Damaged Yacht
Five crew members were sailing the yacht Platino from Auckland, New Zealand to Fiji when foul weather tore down the boat’s rigging, killing one and throwing one over ...
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Solo Sailor Attempting Transatlantic Record Rescued 90 miles off New Jersey
A solo sailor attempting to break a transatlantic record with his 21-foot sailboat had to be rescued by the Coast Guard just hours into his journey. French sailor ...
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USCG Rescues Two Sailors From Disabled Boat 170 Miles off California
Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders received a report that the 53-foot sailing vessel Kalani was disabled with a broken rudder, in rough weather conditions, 170 miles west ...
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Kon-Tiki2: Pacific Raft Expedition Abandoned
Fourteen adventurers have been rescued off the coast of Chile after “atypical” weather forced them to abandon the recreation of a historic maritime journey. The Kon-Tiki2 expedition had been ...
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Navy Aircraft Carrier Rescues Distressed Mariners off Miami
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (Ike) rescued distressed mariners at sea, Feb. 7. Ike received a distress call via bridge-to-bridge communications from the U.S.-flagged sailing vessel Selket. The ...
