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"SEATTLE - The Coast Guard rescued four people from a sinking 22-foot pleasure craft today, three miles offshore of Everett, Wash., east of Gedney Island.

At 2:18 p.m., the Snomish County 911 Center reported that the vessel was taking on water and needed assistance.

Minutes later, a 25-foot response boat crew from Coast Guard Station Seattle and an HH-65 Dolphin Helicopter crew from Air Station Port Angeles, Wash. were launched to assist. The 225-ft Coast Guard buoy tender SPAR was diverted to assist.

The SPAR reached the boat, which was flooded with three to four feet of water, at 2:39 p.m. All four people and a dog were transferred to the SPAR and transported to shore safely.

The 22-foot boat was raised from the water with a crane by the crew of the SPAR and secured to the buoy tender's deck.

The cause of the incident is under investigation.

The SPAR, which is homeported in Kodiak, Alaska,is in Everett for training. "

Anyone know any more details about this?
 
I just saw it on the 11 PM news. It was a Bayliner apparently on its' maiden voyage. The TV footage showed it being lifted on to the deck of the Coast Guard buoy tender.
 
Ouch! I have heard several calls to the CG on the VHF from boats taking on water, I am sure that is a very panic-inducing situation. One call I heard was from a Bayliner inboard with water coming into the engine room around the shaft. I wonder what got this one...
 
You know, that happened on a 26' Seaswirl I partnered buying -- the dealer "borrowed" a brass fitting somewhere in the engine well from our boat because the employee didn't think our boat was sold to anyone and didn't want to wait to order the part (our boat was in for repair) -- we launched on the Columbia, saw the well was filling with water and the thing that saved us was putting it on plane and getting the heck off the water as quickly as we could. Luckily we were within a couple miles of the dock -- they also "borrowed" the plug to the boat once....won't be buying anything from them again!
 
I found it interesting that they could support the whole weight of the boat from what I assume was the trailer tie-down (what is the right name for that?)

Warren
 
Lori Ann":3k1la8zp said:
I found it interesting that they could support the whole weight of the boat from [the bow eye].
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Notice how slowly they lift it out of the water, letting the water drain out as they lifted. These guys know what they're doing.

I'm no expert, but if you lift a boat by the bow eye, and the boat is FILLED WITH WATER... Well, as the song says,
"Something's gotta give,
Something's gotta give,
Something's gotta give!"

Looks like they had a bit of trouble getting it it sit hull-down once they had it on the deck, but we don't get to see how they resolved that.
 
The story has the following quote
"The crew didn't have a pump on board, so the Coast Guard launched a cutter and a helicopter to help. "

Do most folks have a hand pump on board their C-Dorys, or a second backup for the bilge pump?

Tom
 
The CG requires at a minimum, a bailing bucket as a water removal device. I have a feeling that would not have been even close to effective in this case.
 
Add a scared crew, and the bucket works very well.

When the USCGAux and the USPS go around to give FREE inspections, it seems that the people that get in trouble are the ones who are the know-it-alls that do not have to have the inspections.. A safety check would have brought up the importance of a pump and a bucket. At least in Massachusetts, a bilge pump is a necessary piece of equipment.

I hope the USCG throws the book at anybody who gets in trouble because they do not have the necessary equipment, when it is so easy to get the FREE inspection. especially because of the cost to the USCG.

Fred
 
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