U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ross Ruddell.
BOSTON — The Coast Guard crews successfully rescued three mariners 20 nautical miles off Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Friday evening.
At 4:21 p.m., Coast Guard First District watchstanders received notification on 406 MHZ from an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) registered to the 42-foot sailing vessel Triad.
The Coast Guard launched a Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod MH-60 Jayhawk Medium-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew and a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Station Portsmouth Harbor.
The rescue helicopter crew arrived on scene and located the vessel with three people waving and clinging to its hull.
“A vessel is significantly easier to spot in the ocean than a person,” said Lt. Robert Turley, MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter pilot, Air Station Cape Cod. “Mariners who stay with their vessel help take some of the search out of ‘search and rescue’ and this undoubtedly contributed to the success of this case.”
The three men were safely hoisted and brought back to Pease Air National Guard Base where EMS was waiting.
No injuries reported.
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod video by Petty Officer 1st Class Amanda Wyrick.
All three mariners were safely hoisted into the helicopter andtransported to Pease Air National Guard Base where emergency medical services (EMS) personnel were waiting.
No injuries were reported.
The vessel is marked and there is a Special Marine Information Broadcast to notify mariners in the area of the hazard to navigation.
The vessel owner is working with commercial salvage.
Weather on scene was 20 mph winds and 5-foot seas.
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