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UPDATED: RNLI crew save five fisherman aboard 75 foot fishing vessel Maria Magdalena III
A Cork RNLI lifeboat came to the rescue of five fisherman off the coast of Kinsale today after their boat started to take on water in rough seas. The Courtmacsherry RNLI lifeboat was called out at 11am this morning to go to the aid of a 75 foot Fishing Vessel that had got into difficulties 27 miles off the Old Head of Kinsale. Within minutes of being alerted by Marine Rescue Co-Ordination centre in Valentia the volunteer crew were on their way and proceeded at full speed to the stricken vessel. photos,>click to read< 15:21 Five-hour operation after 33-year-old trawler took in water after hull was breached – The 24-metre Maria Magdalena III, fishing out of Rossaveal in Co Galway, got into difficulties some 27 miles off the Old Head of Kinsale in west Cork on Sunday morning when her hull was breached and she began taking in water. >click to read< 07:08
Coast Guard medevacs skipper suffering from chest pains 55 miles east of Gloucester, Mass.
A Coast Guard aircrew medevaced a 55-year-old man suffering from chest pains Sunday evening 55 miles east of Gloucester. Coast Guard watchstanders at Sector Boston received a report at around 6:30 p.m. that the master of the 75-foot fishing vessel America, homeported in Boston, was ill and in need of medical attention. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Cape Cod and a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew from Station Gloucester launched to assist. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma, a 270-foot medium endurance cutter, was also diverted and assisted by relaying communications. Once the aircrew arrived, they hoisted the man and flew him to Massachusetts General Hospital. The seas were 3 to 5 feet and the winds were 25 knots at the time of the hoist. The air temperature was 26 degrees and the water temperature was 40 degrees. The man was reported to be conscious at the time of the transfer. Link 07:36
