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Coast Guard rescue 3 boaters after vessel sinks off Cumberland Island

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. Leer másCoast Guard rescue 3 boaters after vessel sinks off Cumberland Island[…]

Coast Guard aircrew hoists 2 adults, 1 child from sailboat near Brant Island, North Carolina

WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard hoisted two adults and one child from a grounded sailboat on Brant Island Shoals, North Carolina, Sunday night. One of the parties on the 24-foot sailboat Jubilation contacted watchstanders at Sector North Carolina’s command center via VHF-FM radio channel 16 at 8:52 p.m., and reported that they had run Leer másCoast Guard aircrew hoists 2 adults, 1 child from sailboat near Brant Island, North Carolina[…]

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