Coast Guard Assists Grounded Sailing Vessel
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SEATTLE - The Coast Guard assisted four people on a sailing vessel that ran aground at the south end of Lopez Island, Wash. today.
Coast Guard Group Port Angeles received a call from the 36-foot sailing vessel, the Shekinech, that they had ran aground and needed assistance. A Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles and a Coast Guard 33-foot small response boat crew from Coast Gua
rd Station Bellingham also launched to the scene. Upon arrival the 33-foot small response boat pulled the Shekinech off of the rocks while the helicopter hovered in case of further complications. A commercial assitance vessel arrived at the scene and established a tow enroute Oak Harbor on Whid
bey Island, Wash. No injuries were reported.
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| Sail much? ( 1 year ago by coachmcholly) |
| Sail much? |
| Scary, they're ... ( 1 year ago by zomgFletch) |
| Scary, they're really getting rocked. |
| wow! that is one ... ( 1 year ago by dowright82) |
| wow! that is one tough boat - - - how did she find herself in this situation? Poor skipper! |
| Very bad situation! ... ( 1 year ago by Eliosempreteso) |
| Very bad situation! I hope never will be in this... |
| Make sure you carry ... ( 1 year ago by odogski) |
| Make sure you carry plenty of fenders cause you never know where you are going to have to dock at! |
| at least he kept ... ( 1 year ago by odaysailor) |
| at least he kept the dinghy on the port side! wonder how they got into that situation. Lucky the hull was holed and sunk right there! |
| welcome to the ... ( 1 year ago by boxed86) |
| welcome to the northwest waters. |
| whoa! Did they ... ( 1 year ago by Sic7777) |
| whoa! Did they anchor there without a nightwatch? Impressive that the boat didn't sink. Sincere condolences to the owner. |
| They should use a ... ( 1 year ago by ABC123421) |
| They should use a heaving line |
| Great job guys! ... ( 1 year ago by svosprey) |
| Great job guys! Thanks! |
| poor skipper! ( 1 year ago by breenie007) |
| poor skipper! |
| How did they get ... ( 11 months ago by greese69) |
| How did they get into this situation....did the boat survive? Thanks for posting, giving me a fine example of what not to do. |
| Thank goodness for ... ( 11 months ago by partylikeumeanit) |
| Thank goodness for the coasguard volunteers. Everyone needs a plan 'b' sometimes. Not sure why the yacht crew didn't just drop an anchor when they got in to trouble though. |
| What a shame...such ... ( 11 months ago by nebraskaduffys) |
| What a shame...such is the danger of a lee shore. |
| At the beginning of ... ( 9 months ago by sjog1952) |
| At the beginning of the video the anchor can be seen full of sea weed. CQR/plow anchor. Anchor fouled w/weed when at lunch/napping or was deployed to stop drift. No ones fault but the operator/capt. It does have sails. |
| and the weaTHER is ... ( 8 months ago by tzempelg) |
| and the weaTHER is not that harsh i wondr how they got there in the first place |
| its a Pearson 365 ... ( 8 months ago by getlostonpurpose) |
| its a Pearson 365 Ketch! |
| omg i wud of wel ... ( 8 months ago by brfcchick) |
| omg i wud of wel ben sick lol and im not even sea sick lol |
| They probably dont ... ( 6 months ago by torbakk2) |
| They probably dont forget to bring a spare anchor with them next time! |
| What do you say. ... ( 3 weeks ago by rbiercans) |
| What do you say. Sailing again next weekend? |
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