THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, December 24, 1994 TAG: 9412240325
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A3 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH LENGTH: Short : 33 lines
A fishing vessel disabled in 18-foot seas off Virginia Beach was rescued early Friday by a Coast Guard cutter.
The Point Arena took the fishing vessel, Storm, in tow around 9 a.m. three miles offshore after it floundered much of the night in waves whipped by 30- to 50-knot winds.
Late Thursday, the fishing vessel Dixie Dandy initially took the Storm in tow but lost it when a line parted. The Dixie Dandy was able to re-establish its tow but told the Coast Guard it could part again.
The Coast Guard towed the Storm to safety inside Hampton Roads, then released it to a commercial vessel about 2 p.m. Plans were for the Storm to dock in the Sunset Creek inlet of the Hampton River. All three people aboard the fishing boat were safe.
Earlier Thursday, the Coast Guard helped a 75-foot fishing vessel, the Lady Tere, which was taking on water in high seas 12 miles off Cape Lookout, N.C.
A Coast Guard H-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Elizabeth City dropped pumps to the vessel while a Marine Corps helicopter from Cherry Point, N.C., stood by.
A 44-foot motor lifeboat from the Coast Guard's Station Fort Macon escorted the Lady Tere back to its port in Beaufort, N.C.
KEYWORDS: U.S. COAST GUARD RESCUE AT SEA by CNB