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Panache in Bermuda Triangle
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Coast Guard rescues 4 adults, 1 child
from disabled sailboat |
| ANNAPOLIS. - A
Coast Guard helicopter crew hoisted four adults and
one 4-year-old girl to safety Sunday afternoon 175
nautical miles west-northwest of Bermuda after their
sailboat became disabled.
The sailors aboard the 47-foot
sailboat, Panache, lost steering and propulsion
while transiting to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands,
from Annapolis, Md., and contacted the Coast
Guard via satellite phone requesting assistance. An
HC-130J Hercules aircraft crew from Elizabeth City,
N.C., marked the position of the sailboat and
vectored the Elizabeth City MH-60J Jayhawk
helicopter in. After being hoisted to safety
the five people were taken to Bermuda.
During the hoist, the winds
were more than 30 knots and the seas were 15 feet.
The Jayhawk crew was able to
complete the rescue with the assistance of
watchstanders at the Rescue Coordination Center in
Portsmouth, the Hercules aircraft crew providing on
scene communications, and the Coast Guard Cutter
Legare who will provide fuel for the helicopter to
return Monday afternoon. |
