MARCH 30, 2015
Coast Guard search and rescue crews from Station Gloucester,
Air Station Cape Cod and the Coast Guard Cutter Ocracoke rescued nine
crewmembers from the Canadian tall ship Liana's Ransom 58 miles east of
Gloucester, Monday, March 30, 2015.
Watchstanders at the Sector Boston Command Center received
notification at 12:35 a.m. that the vessel's engines were disabled and its
sails were wrapped around the mast.
As the weather deteriorated, and seas reached nearly 10
feet, Sector Boston launched two 47-foot motor lifeboat crews from Station
Gloucester to tow the vessel back to Gloucester.
Once on scene, the boat crews connected the tow, but the
rough sea conditions caused the tow line to break.
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