Two more boating deaths.

[localboy]

And they probably didn't have to die.

Two Boaters Missing Near Bellingham
Posted: 10:49 am PDT June 5, 2009

BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- Local agencies are searching for two missing people after their boat flipped in northern Chuckanut Bay near Bellingham Friday, the Coast Guard said.

The Coast Guard received a report from Bellingham police at 2 a.m. that an 18-foot sailing vessel with six people on board had flipped in Chuckanut Bay about 2.5 miles south of Bellingham.

Officials said three people made it to shore successfully and one person made it shore side but became stranded on a cliff and was rescued by a Coast Guard cutter.

A Coast Guard spokesman said no one on the vessel was wearing a life jacket.

The Coast Guard, Bellingham Fire Department, Customs and Border Protection and other agencies are assisting in the search.

 

[starcrafttom]

Was this from the wind last night. They were not sailing at 2 am?? what a way to get woke up.


found more at the bitter end http://captrichardrodriguez.blogspot.com/

 

[20dauntless]

There was a death on Lake Washington as well yesterday.

 

[localboy]

There was a death on Lake Washington as well yesterday.

Yes, our Marine Unit was involved, as was our helicoptor, "Guardian One". I heard the radio traffic when the helo advised our water units that the body had been recovered and was in the cockpit of the recovery boat. According to a friend in the unit, alcohol "was probably involved".