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Coast Guard rescue 3 boaters after vessel sinks off Cumberland Island

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Coast Guard rescue 3 boaters after vessel sinks off Cumberland Island. MH-65 Dolphin Air Station Savannah. First MH-65 Dolphin.
Archive image: the MH-65 Dolphin helicopter 6598 at Air Station Savannah, Georgia, was constructed in 1980 and is considered the Coast Guard’s Queen of the Helicopter fleet as designated by the gold tail number. Air Station Savannah’s area of responsibility extends from the norther border of South Carolina to Melbourne, Florida, or approximately 450 miles.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Barry Bena.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Coast Guard RB-M, USCGC Heron and MH-65 Dolphin crews rescue three boaters Saturday after their vessel sank 18-miles east of Cumberland Island, Georgia.

The boaters’ use of a​ VHF radio and Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB)​ led to a rapid rescue.

Coast Guard Sector Charleston Command Center​ watchstanders received a radio distress call at 8:18 a.m. from the crew of the 54-foot vessel «Bacchus» reporting their vessel was taking on water and they were deploying their life raft. Watchstanders diverted crews from the Coast Guard Cutter Heron, an 87-foot patrol boat, a Coast Guard Station Brunswick 45-foot Response Boat–Medium, and an MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter from Air Station Savannah.

Coast Guard rescue 3 boaters after vessel sinks off Cumberland Island. Vessel Bacchus.
Coast Guard crews rescued three boaters Saturday after their vessel, «Bacchus», sank 18-miles east of Cumberland Island, Georgia.
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Savannah photo.

The response crews arrived on scene and were able to rescue all three boaters who were wearing life jackets from the life raft.

The boaters were reported to be in good condition and taken to Station Brunswick.​

«This case showed how quickly an emergency can happen on the water.» said Senior Chief Petty Officer Brad Derflinger, Sector Charleston Command Duty Officer. «Fortunately, these mariners were well prepared for the unexpected. They were wearing their lifejackets, communicated their distress over VHF radio, initiated their EPIRB, and safely entered a liferaft before the vessel sank.»

Coast Guard rescue 3 boaters after vessel sinks off Cumberland Island. Vessel Bacchus.
Coast Guard crews rescued three boaters Saturday after their vessel, «Bacchus», sank 18-miles east of Cumberland Island, Georgia.
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Savannah photo.

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Coast Guard rescue 3 boaters after vessel sinks off Cumberland Island. Coast Guard Station Brunswick 45-foot Response Boat-Medium.
Archive image: a Coast Guard Station Brunswick 45-foot Response Boat-Medium.
Station Brunswick is equipped with a 29-foot Response Boat-Small and a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium which are used to carry out missions throughout southern Georgia such as law enforcement, living marine resources enforcement and search & rescue.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Dickinson.
Coast Guard rescue 3 boaters after vessel sinks off Cumberland Island. Coast Guard Cutter Heron. USCGC Heron.
Coast Guard Cutter Heron.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew S. Masaschi.

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