Busy Holiday Weekend for RescuersEncourages Coast Guard to Address Boating Safety PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard rescue crew hoisted three people to safety Sunday about 7:30 p.m. This was the third Coast Guard rescue in the region after the death of a North Carolina man Wednesday, urging the service to stress the importance of […]
Fifth Coast Guard District LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS MONTHLY EDITION April 06, 2004 Click “Read More” belowNC – MYRTLE GROVE SOUND TO CASINO CREEK – BOGUE INLET – SHOALINGThere has been a report of shoaling to an approximate depth of 3 feet MLW in the vicinity of Bogue Inlet buoy 14 (LLNR 29559) and Bogue […]
FryingPanTower.Com Breaks 100,000 Page Views! April the 11th 2004, FryingPanTower.Com broke the 100,000 page view mark. We broke the 100 member mark today as well. Just over 4 months old, FryingPanTower.Com was created Nov 13th 2003 and did not go LIVE until Dec. 1st 2003. WOOT WOOT! “4 months over the winter…..100,000 page views. I can honestly […]
Coast Guard Saves Two Men Ejected from Boat PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Two men were saved by a Coast Guard boat crew after they were ejected from their boat in Currituck County on the North River in the vicinity of the Great Bridge Albermarle Sound at about 7:30 a.m. Today. One of the men sustained a […]
EXTENDED RANGE FORECAST OF ATLANTIC SEASONAL HURRICANE ACTIVITY AND US LANDFALL STRIKE PROBABILITY FOR 2004 The recent upturn in Atlantic basin hurricane activity which began in 1995 is expected to continue in 2004. We anticipate an above-average number of Atlantic basin tropical cyclones and an above-average probability of U.S. hurricane landfall. (as of 2 April […]
Four People Rescued Off Cape Lookout ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. – Two good Samaritans saved four people after their boat lost power and capsized about 30-miles southeast of Cape Lookout today at 11 a.m. The crew of the 21-foot Amber Jack radioed for help and said that their vessel had lost power and was taking on […]
U.S. COAST GUARD SEARCHING FOR MAN AFTER BOAT SINKS NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Coast Guard is searching this evening for a man who was reported missing after his boat sank about noon today in the Gulfport, Miss., Ship Channel approximately three miles northwest of Ship Island. The names are being withheld pending notification of […]
Requirements For Uninspected Passenger Vessels I got one of My Boats Inspected the other day by the USCG Reserves. I bummed a copy of the check list….You can check it out HERE Please let me know if it is hard to read and I will rescan it. I can read it but I am using a large monitor. […]
NOAA SATELLITES PLAY KEY ROLE IN 60 RESCUES, SO FAR IN 2004 April 8, 2004  Within the first three months of 2004, NOAA satellites were pivotal in rescuing 60 people from life-threatening situations. During the same time period last year, only 27 rescues were made. NOAA officials linked the increase in rescues to the […]
Two Canadian citizens rescued after sailboat runs aground Audio file of distress call available CHARLESTON, S.C. – Coast Guard Stations Charleston and Georgetown along with Air Facility Charleston crews coordinated efforts to rescue two Canadian citizens after their 38-foot sailboat grounded near the Charleston Jetties in the vicinity of Dynamite Hold about 1:57 p.m. today. […]
