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Bad day of fishing...
opelmanta1900 Offline
#1 Posted:
Joined: 01-10-2012
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what did they hit, 1/2 a mile off shore?



NEWPORT BEACH, CA — A dramatic Coast Guard rescue on Sunday, as a 63-foot fishing charter vessel took on water. According to reports, the San Pedro-based fishing charter struck a submerged object and began taking on water in the middle of the night.

"The Coast Guard coordinated the rescue of 25 passengers and crew after their vessel began taking on water near San Clemente Island, Sunday," the Coast Guard said in a press release Monday.

The charter left San Pedro at approximately 8:15 p.m. Saturday and struck the unknown object 60 miles out of port at shortly before 3 a.m., Sunday.

"Watch-standers at Coast Guard Sector San Diego’s Joint Harbor Operations Center received a distress call from the 63-foot charter-fishing vessel Truline, reporting they struck a submerged object and were taking on water approximately one-half mile south of San Clemente Island," the coast guard statement said.

The Coast Guard responded to the distress call with helicopter, response boat and the assistance of a naval ship that was in the area.

"A Coast Guard Sector San Diego MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew, Station San Diego 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew and crew of the the Coast Guard Cutter, Sockeye, were immediately launched to assist. A U.S. Navy ship operating in the area also diverted," the Coast Guard said.

The Navy crew arrived on scene at just after 4:30 a.m. and assisted with dewatering the Truline.

"At approximately 7 a.m., the Sockeye’s crew arrived to relieve the Navy crew. Sockeye's crew was able to keep up with the flooding, and the Truline was escorted to Newport Beach, California," the Coast Guard reported.

At 8:30 a.m., 20 passengers were transferred to the Sockeye, which transferred them to San Pedro, leaving five of the crew and Sockeye crew members aboard the Truline to attend and dewater the boat.

At approximately 9:30 a.m., Vessel Assist Catalina crews arrived to assist with dewatering.

By 11 a.m., Vessel Assist San Pedro arrived and took over escorting the Truline to Newport Beach.

"The Sockeye’s crew safely transported the Truline’s passengers to the 22nd Street landing, in San Pedro, California, at 1:30 p.m.," the Coast Guard said.

The Truline was safely moored at the Newport Beach Shipyard at 4:45 p.m. on Sunday, according to the Coast Guard. There were no reported injuries. The Coast Guard is investigating the incident.

The Coast Guard Cutter Sockeye is an 87-foot patrol boat home ported in Bodega Bay, California.




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Peckerhead Offline
#2 Posted:
Joined: 05-02-2016
Posts: 479
You having second thoughts about that fishing trip?
There's plenty of things to hit out in an ocean. Rocks are bloody hell on a hull.
Don't be an albatross.
Macs is your insurance paid up?
elRopo Offline
#3 Posted:
Joined: 02-17-2014
Posts: 905
Prolly ran over a tree or part of a dock or deck washed out by recent flooding. Unless you have FLIR and are actually looking at the display its nearly impossible to see stuff in the water at night.
MACS Offline
#4 Posted:
Joined: 02-26-2004
Posts: 79,593
The Navy operates around San Clemente Island a lot. The Navy was there first... for 2.5 hours before being relieved by the coast guard, and the damn puddle pirates steal the headlines.
elRopo Offline
#5 Posted:
Joined: 02-17-2014
Posts: 905
MACS wrote:
The Navy operates around San Clemente Island a lot. The Navy was there first... for 2.5 hours before being relieved by the coast guard, and the damn puddle pirates steal the headlines.


I say hats off to both of them for a job well done! I'm ex Navy myself but when my azz needs rescue it doesn't make any difference to me who gets the headlines. As long as it ain't me.

Herfing
opelmanta1900 Offline
#6 Posted:
Joined: 01-10-2012
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I say they both did nothing more than their jobs... the fisherman are the real heroes, braving the dangerous seas with sometimes little compensation...
delta1 Offline
#7 Posted:
Joined: 11-23-2011
Posts: 28,754
dayum...close to home...hope they find that mysterious submerged object...
Mr. Jones Offline
#8 Posted:
Joined: 06-12-2005
Posts: 19,359
Coulda' been a cocaine submarine , they only goes down ten? Feet or so...
opelmanta1900 Offline
#9 Posted:
Joined: 01-10-2012
Posts: 13,954
^very possible I suppose... it sure wasn't a rock... seems like there aren't a whole lot of things that float just beneath the surface of the water and are capable of tearing a hole in a 63-foot boat...
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