A French sailor’s attempt to make a solo journey from New York to the United Kingdom was cut short early Monday when his boat began sinking, prompting the Coast Guard to rescue the man just off the Atlantic City coast. According to the U.C. Coast Guard, Olivier Jehl was about 90 miles from Atlantic City [...]
Three people have been rescued off the coast of Clogherhead after the boat they were travelling in sank. The incident happened on Sunday morning when the coastguard received a distress message from a trawler about 20 miles to the east of the village. The coastguard were alerted to the incident after the Emergency Positioning Indication [...]
KAILUA-KONA — A U.S. citizen and two Indonesian nationals were safe Friday after abandoning ship 161 miles southwest of Kona. “It was really a great joint rescue,” said Tara Molle, a petty officer 2nd class with the U.S. Coast Guard, on the multiple agency rescue that found the men in healthy condition floating in a [...]
The United States Coast Guard rescued two fishermen early Monday after their 37-foot boat sank 52 miles northwest of Boca Grande early Monday. According to the Coast Guard, at 2:27 a.m. Monday watchstanders from Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg received multiple Mayday calls via marine radio VHF-FM channel 16 from David Gilliland, the captain of [...]
The parents of Austin Stephanos, one of the two Tequesta teens lost at sea last July, are sponsoring safe boating classes for youngsters in north county. “I don’t want any other parents to go through what we went through,” said Blu Stephanos, the father of Austin Stephanos. Austin and Perry Cohen, both 14, never returned [...]
Four men have been rescued in Bass Strait by a fishing vessel after their yacht sank near King Island, north-west of Tasmania. The men, from Victoria and Western Australia, used an EPIRB to make a distress call to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority about 2:00am. Acting Inspector Darren Woolley said the yacht hit a rocky [...]
A LONE fisherman stranded overnight in a small boat 150km east of Mackay was spotted from the air by RACQ CQ Rescue early this morning. The rescue helicopter was tasked to a search and rescue mission at first light after the fisherman was reported missing by his primary vessel about midnight. About 5am when RACQ-CQ [...]
The Isle of Man Ship Registry has issued technical notice to advise all ship owners, operators and masters of a global product recall that is effective for two specific types of EPIRB. The affected models are Kannad Marine Safelink EPIRBs, with the following particulars: EPIRB Safelink Manual+ GPS (part number K1202311) EPIRB Safelink Auto GPS [...]
Investigators are considering criminal charges in the loss of the fishing vessels Adex and Nort off the coast of Kamchatka, Russian media sources report. The Kamchatka transport prosecutor's office has taken up the case, said the Interfax news agency, and may bring charges including violation of safety rules resulting in the death of two or more [...]
Legislation motivated by the awful loss at sea of two Tequesta teens last summer season advanced Wednesday in Florida House and Senate committees. The procedures by Rep. MaryLynn Magar, R-Tequesta, and Sen. Joe Negron, R-Stuart, are focused on encouraging boaters to buy an emergency position sign radio beacon (EPIRB) or individual locator beacon for their [...]
