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Coast Guard rescues two from grounded, sinking sailboat

 

June 18, 2004
Friday


Ketchikan, Alaska - The Coast Guard rescued two Californians after the pair abandoned who were forced to abandon ship after their sailboat grounded, flooded and began sinking in the chilly waters near Ketchikan early Wednesday morning. The vessel began listing to one side and taking on water in Kah Shakes Cove, located at the mouth of Boca de Quadra in the Misty Fiords National Monument Wilderness.

The captain of the vessel, Anthony John Carter, prepared to anchor the vessel when the incident occurred, forcing 64-year-old Carter and 54-year-old Helen J. Byrne, both residents of San Francisco, to don survival suits and abandon ship into a life raft.


photo sailboat Hayden

The partially submerged, 40-foot sailing vessel Hayden Bay after the occupants abandoned ship around 5:30 Wednesday morning 36 miles northwest of Ketchikan.
(Official U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy Station Ketchikan)

 

photo life raft & sailboat

The Coast Guard rescued two California boaters from the life raft and the partially submerged, 40-foot sailing vessel Hayden Bay after the pair abandoned ship about 5:30 Wednesday morning 36 miles northwest of Ketchikan.
(Official U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy Station Ketchikan)

 

photo life raft

A Station Ketchikan crew pulled the captain of the vessle 64-year-old Anthony John Carter and 54-year-old Helen J. Byrne from this life raft after the
two abandoned their sinking sailboat.
(Official U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy Station Ketchikan)

 

photo USCG crewman

A crewman from Coast Guard Station Ketchikan prepares to load the Hayden Bay's life raft aboard the station's 47-foot motor lifeboat for transport to Ketchikan.
(Official U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy Station Ketchikan)


There were no injuries reported and currently no reports of environmental damage. The cause of the incident is unknown.

 

Source of Photographs and information:

United States Coast Guard
Web Site

 

 

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