Sailors, Dogs Assisted off Newport

Coast Guard rescue crews assisted 2 sailors and 2 dogs on a sailboat approximately 10 miles of the coast of Newport, Rhode Island, on Thursday, July 12.

Watchstanders from Sector Southeastern New England command center received a distress call from the 43’ sailing vessel Nomad at 1:00 p.m. reporting that the vessel was taking on water.

Sector Southeastern New England command center crews used line-of-bearing technology in their Rescue 21 communications system to determine a general location of the vessel.

A Coast Guard Station Castle Hill, 45-foot Response Boat-Medium, the Coast Guard Cutter Tigershark and a Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew immediately responded.

The Station Castle Hill crew assisted in de-watering the vessel and secured the source of flooding.

The sailors and their dogs safely continued on their voyage to Block Island, Rhode Island.

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