SABINA A

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Sabina A saved four adrift boaters after 12 days adrift

The US Coast Guard rescue crews combined efforts with the "Sabina A" to rescue four men aboard a disabled and adrift boat on Sep 9, 2013, approximately 135 nautical miles south of Puerto Rico. The St. Vincent and the Grenadines nationals were adrift for 12 days in the Caribbean Sea after their 30-foot motor boat suffered an engine casualty. The boaters were transiting from St Vincent and Grenadines Union Island on a supply run to the island of St. Vincent when the engine casualty took place. The mariners of the Sabina A, the international rescue coordination center and Coast Guard watchstanders, along with the swift response of Coast Guard rescue crews saved them. The Coast Guard Sector San Juan communication watchstanders were contacted by the Fort de France Maritime Coordination Rescue Center on Sep 8 at 2 p.m. and relayed an INMARSAT C satellite communication from the crew of the "Sabina A", who were on-scene with the distressed boaters. Coast Guard watchstanders immediately coordinated the launch of a Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft from Air Station Miami to assess the situation and diverted the Coast Guard Cutter "Farallon" to provide rescue assistance. The crew of the HC-144 Ocean Sentry arrived on scene at approximately 5:30 p.m. and dropped a VHF marine radio to establish communications, which the boaters recovered from the water and used to confirm they were all safe. The "Sabina A" maintained watch over the boaters until the arrival of the "Farallon" on Sep 9 at approximately 1:30 a.m. The crew of the "Farallon" embarked all four boaters, who appeared to be in good health, and provided them with clean clothes, food and blankets. Report with photo: http://www.uscgnews.com/go/doc/4007/1893173/Coast-Guard-rescues-4-Vincentian-boaters-adrift-for-12-days-in-the-Caribbean-Sea-#sthash.0ogvMHCg.dpuf