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Coast Guard Public Affairs Detachment Los Angeles |
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PRESS RELEASE |
Date: April 13, 2009 Contact: Public Affairs |
| Coast Guard rescuers respond to sailboat aground near Los Angeles Harbor |
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The lone sailor on board was safely removed from the vessel. Initial efforts by Baywatch to re-float the vessel were unsuccessful and a crack was discovered in the vessel’s hull so further efforts to refloat have been suspended.
The vessel does not appear to pose a risk of pollution.
A 25-foot rescue boat from Coast Guard Station Los Angeles and a Baywatch LA Boat stand by off shore while lifeguards attempt to re-float a sailbot that was beached about 5 miles north of LA Harbor. Photo By CWO2 Scott Epperson |
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