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Article: Stranded fishing boat rescued off Canada
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- May 23, 2005
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SOUTHWEST HARBOR -Four vessels and the Canadian Coast Guard came
to the rescue of a 45-foot fishing boat Sunday after it broke a
stabilizer cable on high seas.
The crew of the Cheryl Lynn I sent out a mayday call at 1:45 a.m.
reporting that the boat's cable had snapped in 25-foot seas and the
vessel was in danger of rolling over, according to Group Controller
Leslieann Dykes of Coast Guard Group Southwest Harbor.
The boat, of an unknown port, was deep in Canadian waters at the
time, approximately 140 nautical miles (161 statute miles) from Mount
Desert Island.
The crewmen said part of the stabilizer cable was hanging over the
side of the boat, and they feared it was caught up in the ...