August 2017 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 7. U. S. Coast Guard News 10 July


Coast Guard ends search off Portland, Maine, confi rms safety of kayak’s owner BOSTON — The Coast Guard confi rmed Monday that the owner of the unlabeled, orange kayak is alive and well after capsiz- ing Sunday night near Fort Gorges, Maine. The kayaker said she swam to shore


after capsizing Sunday around 3:30 p.m. near Fort Gorges, and arrived safely on land at approximately 8 p.m. The survivor had a life jacket while


swimming to shore, but said the current was too strong to pull the kayak to land. A good Samaritan called Coast Guard


watchstanders at about 8:45 p.m. Sunday and reported fi nding a 10-foot, orange kayak in the water, with no kayaker aboard. Inside the paddle craft was only a bag containing a watch and a damaged cell phone. Coast Guard aircrews and boat crews


searched for more than 15 hours and more than 60 square miles with Maine Marine Patrol, Portland Fire Department, Portland Police Department, Cape Elizabeth Water Extrication Team, and good Samaritans. The Coast Guard continues to em-


phasize the importance of informing local government agencies of a self-rescue, espe- cially if a watercraft is left behind. Labeling a paddle craft with your name and contact information is crucial to giving search and rescue coordinators a starting point if your paddle craft turns up empty in the water or on shore. Wearing a life jacket and having a


reliable means of communication, such as a VHF radio in a water proof container, are also important.


12 July Coast Guard Cutter Maple begins his-


toric voyage through Northwest Passage ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Maple, a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender homeported in Sitka, Alaska, departed Wednesday on a historic voyage through the Northwest Passage. This summer marks the 60th anniver-


sary of the three Coast Guard cutters and one Canadian ship that convoyed through the Northwest Passage. The crews of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutters Storis, SPAR and Bramble, along with the crew of the Cana- dian ice breaker HMCS Labrador, charted, recorded water depths and installed aids to navigation for future shipping lanes from May to September of 1957. All four crews became the fi rst deep-draft ships to sail through the Northwest Passage, which are several passageways through the complex archipelago of the Canadian Arctic. The crew of the cutter Maple will make


a brief logistics stop in Nome, Alaska, to embark an ice navigator on its way to support marine science and scientifi c research near the Arctic Circle. The Maple crew will deploy three


sonographic buoys that are used to record acoustic sounds of marine mammals. A principal investigator with the University of San Diego embarked aboard the cutter will analyze the data retrieved from the buoys. The Canadian Coast Guard Ship Sir


Wilfrid Laurier will rendezvous with the Maple later this month to provide icebreak- ing services as the Maple makes it way toward Victoria Strait, Canada. The Maple has a reinforced hull that provides it with limited ice breaking capabilities similar to Coast Guard 225-foot cutters operating on the Great Lakes. All scientifi c research, icebreaking and marine science activities that occur during


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the voyage will be conducted in accordance with the 1988 Canada-US Agreement on Arctic Cooperation. The Maple crew is expected to conclude


their historic voyage in Baltimore, Mary- land, during late August. The cutter will undergo scheduled maintenance in dry dock at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore for repairs and upgrades. The crew will return to Sitka to take command of the 225-foot Coast Guard Cutter Kukui, which was previously homeported in Honolulu.


14 July


Coast Guard assists tanker 210 miles off Nantucket


BOSTON — The Coast Guard is assisting a disabled 356-foot asphalt tanker 210 miles off the coast of Nantucket after it reportedly lost power. The Netherlands Coast Guard called


watchstanders at the First Coast Guard District at about 5:30 p.m., Thursday, and reported the Marshall Island-fl agged tanker Asphalt Sailor was disabled with a crew of 17 aboard. The 154-foot Coast Guard Cutter Rol-


lin Fritch, homeported in Cape May, New Jersey and patrolling off shore, was the fi rst asset to arrive on scene at about 5 a.m. Fri- day. Assessing the situation, they reported the Asphalt Sailor crew was in no immediate danger, and worked to determine the cause of the power outage. The 270- foot Coast Guard Cutter Le-


gare, homported in Portsmouth, Virginia and patrolling off the coast of New England, is scheduled to take over for the Rollin Fritch at about 4:30 p.m. The parent company of Asphalt Sailor is working to dispatch a tug from New York City to meet with the vessel and tow it back to port.


Coast Guard and Good Samaritan Rescue 5 off of Cape Cod.


The vessel is not carrying cargo and no injuries were reported.


16 July Coast Guard, good Samaritan rescue 5 off Cape Cod coast BOSTON — The Coast Guard and a good Samaritan rescued fi ve people 18 miles south of Nomans Land Sunday after their boat caught on fi re. A good Samaritan radioed to watch-


standers at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern at about 10 a.m. reporting the 32-foot recre- ational boat Finale had caught fi re, and he rescued the people who were aboard. A Station Menemsha 47-foot Motor


Lifeboat crew launched. They arrived on scene and reported the fi ve people to be in good health and the Finale capsized. The fi ve people transferred over to the


47-foot Motor Lifeboat and were brought back to Woods Hole where family was waiting to bring them home. A commercial salvage company recov- ered the vessel.


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