Coast Guard Assists Grounded Sailing Vessel


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 Guard 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 Whidbey Island, Wash.

No injuries were reported.







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reefdude15 (December 1, 2008 at 3:03 am)
yeah go coast guard. hopefully i will be stationed at station port angeles next that would be awesome, i guess they go on calls like that all the time.
rapcatwaffle643 (August 29, 2008 at 6:19 pm)
LOL god i had my sound up all the way
rbiercans (August 15, 2008 at 8:58 pm)
What do you say. Sailing again next weekend?
marovich7768 (August 7, 2008 at 1:55 am)
semper paratus for life

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