Coast Guard assists 3 near Clearwater, Florida
U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 10/12/2019 08:47 PM EDT
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U.S. Coast Guard 7th District PA Detachment Tampa Bay |
Coast Guard assists 3 near Clearwater, Florida
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The Coast Guard assisted three people on a vessel taking on water 15 miles west of Clearwater, Florida, Saturday evening.
A Coast Guard Station Sand Key 45-foot Response Boat—Medium boatcrew arrived on scene to remove two passengers and begin dewatering the 23-foot Seafox vessel.
Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg watchstanders received a distress call on channel 16 at approximately 4:55 p.m. of the vessel taking on two gallons of water a minute and the pumps unable to keep up.
The passengers and vessel were safely escorted to the Seminole Boat Ramp in Clearwater.
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