Tom
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Last evening I received a call from a friend who's 90-year old neighbor (Bob) was 'overdue' from several days hanging on the hook alone in his sailboat at his favorite anchorage. His wife was naturally distraught. Unfortunately, we're out of state, and I wasn't able to respond.
During the phone conversation, the Sheriff's Department showed up. Although they (the Sheriff's department) has a marine patrol and a boat in our local marina, they called in the US CoastGuard.
USCG on our waterways has two ways to respond; Normally they respond by boat (an hour or so away), but they dispatched a helicopter to the anchorage; They found Bob safe and well aboard his sailboat, with no plans to return home until today.
Last evening I received a call from a friend who's 90-year old neighbor (Bob) was 'overdue' from several days hanging on the hook alone in his sailboat at his favorite anchorage. His wife was naturally distraught. Unfortunately, we're out of state, and I wasn't able to respond.
During the phone conversation, the Sheriff's Department showed up. Although they (the Sheriff's department) has a marine patrol and a boat in our local marina, they called in the US CoastGuard.
USCG on our waterways has two ways to respond; Normally they respond by boat (an hour or so away), but they dispatched a helicopter to the anchorage; They found Bob safe and well aboard his sailboat, with no plans to return home until today.
