F/V Sunnfjord sinks, crew safe, multiple Good Samaritans assist.

Five fisherman were rescued after an abandon ship due to flooding while west of Cape Alava, Wednesday. Coast Guard Motor lifeboat took the fishermen aboard and transported them to Coast Guard Station Neah Bay with no reported medical concerns. The 87-foot fishing vessel Sunnfjord was reported flooding at 1:45pm and with all their dewatering pumps running the crew was unable to keep up with the rising water. Crews aboard the Coast Guard Cutters Cuttyhunk and Swordfish, an MH-65 dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles, the MLB from Station Quillayute River and an MLB from Station Neah Bay responded, as well as good Samaritans aboard the vessels Island Voyager and Equinox, and the crew of the vessel Eclipse. Continue reading

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