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In the early afternoon hours of Aug. 20, the U.S. Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet posted this report on its Facebook page.
On Aug. 19, Oregon Inlet crews responded to a report of an aground 43-foot sport fisher outside of the channel near Wanchese NC with nine people onboard. The vessel had ripped a hole in its port rudder post mount as well as dislodging its port drive shaft. Both areas were severely taking on water.
With the help of Towboat US, crews were able to effectively control the flooding with damage control techniques and portable dewatering pumps to get the vessel towed to a haul out. This case serves as a reminder of how dangerous the shoaling in the area can be, luckily everybody involved was unharmed and made it home safely.
