Coast Guard Comes To Rescue Of Boat Taking On Water

HAMPTON BAYS, NY — For the second time in two days, the U.S. Coast Guard came to the rescue of a boater in distress on the East End.

Coast Guard crewmembers from Station Shinnecock assisted a 54-foot pleasure craft near Shinnecock Inlet in Hampton Bays on Saturday, the Coast Guard said.

At 11:21 a.m., Sector Long Island Sound command center watchstanders received a call via VHF-radio from a 54-foot pleasure craft, the Kristen Lynn, reporting they were taking on water near Shinnecock Inlet, the Coast Guard reported.

Sector Long Island Sound command center watchstanders issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast and launched a 29-foot response boat-small, or RBS, from Station Shinnecock; a Coast Guard Auxiliary vessel and a commercial salvage vessel also responded, a release said.

The RBS arrived on scene approximately 15 minutes later and embarked two crewmembers aboard the Kristen Lynn, to assist with dewatering, the Coast Guard said.

Crewmembers located the source of the flooding, which was caused by a shaft seal failure and the RBS escorted the Kristen Lynn to Oakland’s Marina in Hampton Bays, the Coast Guard Said.

No injuries or pollution were reported.

It was the second time in two days that the Coast Guard saved the day.

On Friday, a U.S. Coast Guard Jayhawk helicopter crew medically evacuated a 47-year-old man 65 miles south of Montauk.

At 8:25 a.m. Friday, a fishing vessel named Braedon Michael notified Coast Guard Station Montauk, which then relayed to Sector Long Island Sound about a crew member aboard who was experiencing flu-like symptoms and was in-and-out of consciousness, the Coast Guard said.

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter launched from Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., at 9:50 a.m., and arrived on scene approximately an hour later, officials said.

The crew member was safely hoisted from the deck of the Braedon Michael and transported to Air Station Cape Cod, where local emergency medical services were waiting, the Coast Guard said.

Watch a video of that daring rescue here.

Photo, video courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard.