Archive image: A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin aircrew from Air Station Savannah, Ga., along with members from Coast Guard Station Mayport, Fla., conducted a search and rescue demonstration in the St. Johns River in Mayport, Fla., Thursday, April 23, 2015.
The demonstration performed how a Coast Guard rescue with a helicopter and Response Boat-Medium is conducted.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Anthony L. Soto.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Coast Guard crews rescue three sailors after their sailing vessel sank 1 nautical mile north of the entrance to St. Marys Inlet, Georgia. Sunday m February 4, 2024.
Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville watchstanders received a notification at 1 p.m. via VHF-FM channel 16 from the operator of the Last Chance, a 26-foot sailboat, stating the vessel had run aground and was taking on water. All three people donned life jackets and were preparing to disembark the vessel onto a dingy.
Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast (UMIB) notifying all mariners in the area of the distress and directed the launch of a Coast Guard Station Mayport Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) crew and a Coast Guard Air Station Savannah MH-65E Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew to assist. Nassau County Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit and multiple good Samaritans also proceeded to the vessel’s position to assist.
The Coast Guard boatcrew and the MH-65 Dolphin SRR helicopter aircrew arrived on scene and located the sailing vessel submerged. The three boaters were in a dingy nearby and brought aboard the response boat.
The RB-M boatcrew located the three boaters in a dingy and transported them to awaiting EMS at Dee Dee Bartels Boat Ramp in Fernandina Beach.
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Savannah MH-65E Dolphin aircrew photo.
The RB-M boatcrew transported all three people to awaiting emergency medical services (EMS) at Dee Dee Bartels Boat Ramp in Fernandina Beach and assessed for injuries.
On scene weather conditions were reportedly 20 mph winds and 3 to 5-foot seas.
A safety marine information broadcast is being transmitted notifying mariners of the submerged vessel.
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