Coast Guard Cutter Staten Island News

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a 51-year-old Jay White aboard a liferaft Tuesday after the man abandoned his 28-foot sailboat, Dove, 20 miles south of Atlantic Beach, N.C. White contacted Coast Guard Sector North Carolina Command Center watchstanders at approximately 7:15 a.m. via a mayday call on a VHF-FM marine radio stating that his boat was taking on water. Sector North Carolina watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast and dispatched crews aboard a 47-foot Motor Life Boat from Coast Guard Station Fort Macon…

The Coast Guard responded and rescued the crew of a distressed sail boat off the coast of North Carolina. The Coast Guard Cutter Staten Island, a 110-ft. patrol boat home ported in Fort Macon, N.C., rescued four people from the 45-foot sailboat Sur L' Eau this morning approximately 300 miles off the coast of Cape Hatteras, N.C. The Coast Guard received notification from the crew of the sail vessel after they lost power and the ability to steer. The Staten Island arrived on scene at about 6:42 a.m. and removed the passengers for their safety. The sail boat will be towed ashore by the Staten Island crew. The Sur L' Eau is home ported in Lewes, Del.