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SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine- A USCG rescue crew helped three mariners in distress, today, when their boat started taking on water around 1:30 p.m., near Cape Porpoise, Maine. After instructing the mariners to don life-jackets, a 25-foot boat crew launched from USCG Station South Portland and arrived on scene at 2:05 p.m., to find the pleasure craft taking on water at a rate of about three gallons per minute. The USCG boat crew used a dewatering pump along with the boat's installed bilge pumps to help control the flooding and then towed the boat to safety at Caco Marina. "The boaters in this case did the right thing by calling for help as soon as they realized they were in danger," said Lt. Lisa Ceraolo, command duty officer, Coast Guard Sector Northern New England. Read the full article.
