Sailboats were blown off course and onto shore when a windstorm rolled across Admiralty Inlet on Friday, Oct. 9. There were no reported injuries.
A 60-foot schooner left unattended while anchored …
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A response boat from Vessel Assist tows a sloop with wind-shredded sail into the safety of the Port Townsend Boat Haven on Friday morning, Oct. 9 after the two people on board signaled for help in Admiralty Inlet. Vessel Assist later took charge of the 60-foot sailboat (foreground), which had been left unattended and was blown from anchorage into the rock breakwater. Photo by Steve Mullensky
Debris begins to wash overboard from the schooner that broke from its anchorage in Port Townsend Bay on Friday morning, Oct. 9 during an incoming tide. Photo by Steve Mullensky
Vessel Assist (left) has a sailboat under tow after its occupants had issued a distress signal that drew emergency responders (right) to Admiralty Inlet north of Marrowstone Island on Friday, Oct. 9. The two occupants aboard were not injured. East Jefferson Fire Rescue photo by Bill Beezley.
Sailboats were blown off course and onto shore when a windstorm rolled across Admiralty Inlet on Friday, Oct. 9. There were no reported injuries.
A 60-foot schooner left unattended while anchored not far outside the Port of Port Townsend Boat Haven was dislodged, and blown against the rock breakwater. The boat’s hull, made of Ferrocement, was holed. Vessel Assist was contracted to make emergency repairs to the Phoenix, which had recently emerged from the boat yard here.
While the big boat had been blown loose, a sailboat underway in Admiralty Inlet needed help.
JEFFCOM 911 received notice at about 10:15 a.m. of a sailboat in distress and shooting off flares about one mile north of the Marrowstone Point lighthouse at Fort Flagler State Park, according to Bill Beezley, spokesperson at East Jefferson Fire Rescue.
The approximate 25-foot white sailboat had lost its foresail amid stiff wind and three-foot waves and the two occupants on board feared capsizing, according to EJFR.
The U.S. Coast Guard dispatched a helicopter from Port Angeles and East Jefferson Fire Rescue Marine 16 and Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Marine 1 also responded.
While the Coast Guard helicopter took up station nearby, Marine 16 made contact with the occupants of the sailboat and secured their vessel until Vessel Assist could respond for a tow.
Once on scene, Vessel Assist took the sailboat with occupants under tow into Port Townsend Bay and the Port Townsend Boat Haven.
