
Mishaps & Rescues August 2011
STRUTTING THEIR STUFF A rescue swimmer from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., leaps from a helicopter May 30 during a search-and-rescue demonstration at

STRUTTING THEIR STUFF A rescue swimmer from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., leaps from a helicopter May 30 during a search-and-rescue demonstration at

Unmanned Sea Ray finds Florida beach A Florida man’s 52-foot motoryacht ran onto a beach after he left the flybridge helm and fell overboard at

TSUNAMI CLEANUP A derrick barge hoists the Ruth M, one of 10 vessels identified as a pollution threat, from the inner boat basin March 26

POWERLESS A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak HH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew conducts a survey of the grounded 86-foot fishing vessel Midnite Sun. The Kodiak (Alaska)

Recent Coast Guard Responses Spreading the Word Coast Guard Auxiliarist Thomas Nyman, a member of Flotilla 8-1 in Ocean City, N.J., speaks to attendees at
Recent Coast Guard responses Sinking fishing boat Montauk, N.Y. Jan. 18 – A Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew successfully rescued four mariners from the

Recent Coast Guard Responses Fully Engulfed A 65-foot vessel burns Jan. 26 at its mooring near Great Chebeague Island in Maine’s Casco Bay. Coast Guard

Winter Work A crewmember aboard the Coast Guard cutter William Tate, whose home port is Philadelphia, services the light on top of a buoy during
Three rescued after vessels collide Boston Coast Guard rescue crews helped three mariners from a fishing vessel that was taking on water after a collision

WASHED UP Contractors begin the process of righting a beached 65-foot commercial fishing vessel Jan. 4 at Francis State Beach on California’s Half Moon Bay.

This Cornwall-built cruiser pairs classic lines with all-weather capability.

New technology makes it easier than ever to work (and homeschool) from on board.

Are you strong enough to survive 13 hours in the water? That’s exactly what the writer did when he chaperoned an ocean survival course.

This Maine-based school was founded to help people find peace and purpose through boatbuilding.

Two former sailors from the Mid-Atlantic buy and restore a classic Bertram 20 Moppie runabout

The proud “Monksters” have built a devoted boating community.

The proposed rule would limit most vessels 65 feet and larger to 10 knots along the East Coast during certain times of the year.

What the latest Coast Guard statistics reveal about recreational boating safety.

Presented by the U.S. Coast Guard.

Two guys with boatbuilding in their blood start an electric boat company in South Carolina.