Rough night last night
Not so good a time last night, Hoping the Boat comes off OK.
NOT the most desired way to make news. This was us last night. EVERYONE is OK, Boat not sure about. Overconfidence in visual landmarks after dark, God took care of us. Ran onto the rocks about 1045pm Off Island by 2:45am.
My Daughter and her friend were airlifted to Portsmouth and released.
Working out details on boat rescue.
US Coast Guard, Maine officials rescue 6 from sea
By Associated Press | Monday, August 9, 2010 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Northeast
CAPE PORPOISE, Maine — The U.S. Coast Guard’s search and rescue chief for northern New England is praising the cooperation that led to the rescue of six people from an island off Cape Porpoise, Maine.
Officials say the operator of a 20-foot motorboat called the Coast Guard’s Portsmouth, N.H., station at about 11 p.m. Sunday to report they were taking on water after hitting a rock near Folly Island.
The Coast Guard and rescue crews from the Maine towns of Wells and Kennebunk were unable to reach the vessel because of rough weather and shallow water. The local fire departments used an inflatable boat to reach the vessel.
Two passengers were taken by Coast Guard helicopter to a Portsmouth hospital with minor injuries.
Coast Guard, Fire Dept. Rescue 6
Rough Waters, Low Depths Require Desperate Rescue Methods
POSTED: 10:56 am EDT August 9, 2010
UPDATED: 11:26 am EDT August 9, 2010
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BOSTON --
Desperate measures were taken Sunday when a 20-foot motorboat struck a rock near Cape Porpoise, Maine leaving six passengers in need of rescue, Coast Guard officials said.
U.S. Coast Guard and Wells and Kennebunk Fire Department officials reported to the scene after the boat hit a rock near Folly Island around 11 p.m.
The 47-foot Coast Guard motor life boat crew and fire department vessels were unable to reach the stranded boat due to rough waters and shallow depths, according to Coast Guard officials.
In order to reach the passengers, fire department officials used inflatable floats to reach the island and then waded on waist-high water to rescue the passengers and bring them to shore.
Officials said a Coast Guard rescue helicopter took two passengers to Portsmouth Medical Hospital with minor injuries. All six passengers were reported to be in stable condition.
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Six rescued from foundering boat off Cape Porpoise
The Associated Press
CAPE PORPOISE — The U.S. Coast Guard's search and rescue chief for northern New England is praising the cooperation that led to the rescue of six people from an island off Cape Porpoise.
Officials say the operator of a 20-foot motorboat called the Coast Guard's Portsmouth, N.H., station at about 11 p.m. Sunday to report they were taking on water after hitting a rock near Folly Island.
The Coast Guard and rescue crews from the Maine towns of Wells and Kennebunk were unable to reach the vessel because of rough weather and shallow water. The local fire departments used an inflatable boat to reach the vessel.
Two passengers were taken by Coast Guard helicopter to a Portsmouth hospital with minor injuries.
2 injured in late night boat grounding in Cape Porpoise
By Laura Dolce
[email protected]
August 09, 2010 9:49 AM
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine — A Wells family returning in their 20-foot boat from the York fireworks Sunday night, Aug. 8, overshot their destination and ran aground on Folly Island near Cape Porpoise, rescue officials said the following morning.
Kennebunkport Deputy Police Chief Kurt Moses said an emergency call came in just after 11 p.m. Sunday.
Residents had seen red flares over the water.
“We called the Coast Guard and they said they were aware of it,” Moses said.
Lt. Nick Barrow of the U.S. Coast Guard in South Portland said the Coast Guard received a call from the boat's operator, who informed them that there were six people on board, three adults and three teenagers, and that the boat was stuck on rocks with the tide going out.
Barrow said a call went out to the Coast Guard station in Portsmouth, N.H., which sent a 47-foot motor life boat.
A Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter was dispatched from Cape Cod, Mass.
“We threw everything we could at it,” he said.
The first responders on the scene were members of the Kennebunkport Fire Department.
Chief Allan Moir said since the call first came saying the boat was off-island, the department launched seven firefighters on boats as quickly as possible.
“One of the firefighters is a lobsterman, so we put five people on his boat,” Moir said.
Another two firefighters went out on a pleasure boat owned by one of the members.
As they got to the island, Moir said, it was clear the stranded boat was actually on the island and that the firefighters' boats couldn't get close enough.
By then, the department had launched their two inflatable Zodiac boats off Cape Porpoise Pier and were able to transfer the firefighters from the other boats and get them and an emergency medical technician to the scene.
Moir said rescuers determined that one of the people on the boat, a teenage girl, had hit her head and developed a bump, and her friend was suffering from hypothermia.
“Four folks were OK, other than being cold and wet,” Moir said.
Officials said the boat's GPS system was apparently not working properly.
When the Coast Guard helicopter arrived on the scene a rescue swimmer was lowered down to the site and the two girls were airlifted to the copter.
The helicopter then flew to Pease International Tradeport, where the girls were taken by ambulance to Portsmouth Memorial Hospital, Barrow said.
Their injuries were non-life threatening.
Moir said the other four passengers on the boat were able to walk to the rescue boats and were brought ashore in Cape Porpoise.
He said it was the first boat rescue call the department had all year.
Barrow said the Coast Guard was grateful for the support they received from the Kennebunkport Fire Department.
“They were a huge help,” he said. “And at the end of the day, we saved six folks.”
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