Mishaps & rescues – Connecticut & NY
April 29, 2009
Recent responses from around the nation An entanglement team from the Center for Coastal Studies attempts to free an entangled humpback whale from a lobster
Recent responses from around the nation An entanglement team from the Center for Coastal Studies attempts to free an entangled humpback whale from a lobster
Disaster averted – The marine community along New York’s lower Hudson River sprang into action recently to rescue all 155 passengers of US Airways Flight
Recent responses from Florida and around the nation Maiden Patrol The Coast guard Cutter Crocodile, a newly designed 87-foot coastal patrol boat, transits the Gulf
Station Kings Point, N.Y.Two people were injured in a boating collision on Long Island Sound. A husband and wife were fishing from a dinghy east
Station New Haven, Conn.A kayaker was found clinging to a buoy after he capsized near Guilford, Conn. A Madison Fire Department marine unit found the
Station Fortescue, N.J.The Coast Guard medevaced a 38-year-old woman after she sustained a head injury slipping aboard a boat in Delaware Bay near Fortescue, N.J.
Station Lake Tahoe, Calif.Coast Guard Station Lake Tahoe rescued nine people from the water after a 21-foot rental pleasure boat capsized on Lake Tahoe. Station
Rockaway Beach, N.Y.A 45-year-old man was rescued from the water near Breezy Point at Rockaway Beach by Coast Guard rescuers after his pleasure boat capsized.
Sector Long Island Sound, N.Y.The multi-agency search for two missing Queens, N.Y., men was suspended pending further information. The two men left for a fishing
Station Shark River, N.J. A good Samaritan rescued five people from a life raft after the boater’s 42-foot boat sank 80 nautical miles east of
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Marine Travelift has been changing how yards, boatbuilders and marinas get things done for almost 70 years
Jeff Northrop helped reshape inshore angling when he introduced flats boats to the region.
J Craft’s swift speedboat, the Torpedo RS, embarks on a maiden voyage from Sweden to France.
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Two rocket scientists bring a space-age approach to desalination and water filtration.
A double-ender produced for a client decades ago is now a designer’s electric joyride.
A Mag Bay 43 gives a couple the thoughtful design they need to keep their twin boys at ease on the water.
Before trawler-style cruising went mainstream, the Mainship 34 was already doing it right.
From helm to hardware, these innovation award winners reveal smart thinking in every corner.
