Unk type rescue on Lake Huron 7/13/08

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Currently at 0122 hrs, there is some type of a rescue on Lake Huron near Harrisville. USCG has a helo en route i think out of selfridge and the USCG cutter biscayne bay from st ignace is en route w/ a current eta of 1.5+ hrs. They keep talking about 1 survivor needing to be evac'd and discussing best way to do it. Anyone with more info on it? they are on 157.150

 

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Night Train crew member airlifted from lake

http://www.thetimesherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080713/NEWS05/80713017

A crew member of Night Train was taken by a Coast Guard Air helicopter from the middle of Lake Huron after falling 40 feet from the boat’s mast early this morning, according to a statement from the Detroit Coast Guard.

The 35-year-old man was one of a crew of 11 aboard the 35-foot boat competing in the Port Huron-to-Mackinac Island Sailboat race.

The boat was nearly halfway into the race in the middle of Lake Huron, about 31 nautical miles east of Harrisville, Mich.

The crewmember climbed the mast to fix a jammed rigging when he fell into the lake.
He was recovered about 25 minutes later by his own crew.


Read more in Monday's Times Herald.



I HATE THIS DANG RACE CRAP! Im sick of dealing with it and the drunken caos it brings at work.