Coast Guard saves 2 people, dog from flooding boat
Two people and a dog were rescued from a 26-foot flooding boat on Sunday in Maine.
The U.S. Coast Guard received the call for help from the Blue Gold crew at about 11 a.m. The crew reportedly told the Coast Guard that its boat was “disabled and taking on water.” The troubled boat was near Boon Island.
The Coast Guard sent a 47-foot motor lifeboat to the rescue, which arrived on the scene at about 11:45 a.m. When they arrived, rescuers brought a damage control kit aboard Blue Gold and immediately analyzed the flooding.
The rescue crew determined that Blue Gold’s bilge pumps were able to keep up with the flooding, according to the Coast Guard. But rescuers towed Blue Gold to shore at York Harbor.
Boon Island, located about 6 miles off Maine’s southern coast, is the site of the infamous Nottingham Gallery shipwreck in 1710, in which surviving crew members allegedly resorted to cannibalism.
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