Updated: Crews Respond to Boat Taking on Water Near Duxbury Reef

Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this story by Bay City News Service incorrectly named the vessels involved. This correction was sent out Wednesday, Sept. 10.

By Bay City News Service

U.S. Coast Guard crews on Sunday assisted a distressed charter fishing vessel that was taking on water near Duxbury Reef in Marin County.

There were nine people aboard the boat Flash, according to Coast Guard officials, who received a mayday broadcast from the distressed vessel near Bolinas in Marin County on Sunday morning.

A crew from the commercial fishing vessel Superfish responded to the vessel and safely removed seven passengers.

The master of the Flash vessel and a crewmember stayed aboard to try to combat the flooding, Coast Guard officials said. Coast Guard crews then arrived and assisted in helping to dewater the vessel and it was towed to Pier 45 in San Francisco.

“Commercial fishing vessel Superfish’s quick response to the urgent marine information broadcast aided in the successful removal of all passengers from a vessel had the situation worsened,” Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Shawn Lansing said in a statement.

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