Two Rescued After Shipwreck Reported Last Night

A US Coast Gaurd boat searched the waters of the entrance to Humboldt Bay after man was reported to have fallen into the water while fishing on the North Jetty.

Stock photo of the US Coast Guard searching the waters of the entrance to Humboldt Bay. [Photo by Mark McKenna]

About 11:15 p.m. yesterday, two men who were reportedly in a shipwreck near the mouth of Humboldt Bay were rescued.

According to Samantha Karges, spokesperson for the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office,

[L]ast night HCSO deputies were patrolling the Loleta area when they came upon a subject who had been involved in a boating incident on the South Jetty. According to the subject, he and another man were on a sailboat when it crashed into the rocks at the north end of the South Jetty. One man was transported to the hospital for treatment related to cold exposure, the other man was located in the area by deputies and refused medical treatment.

It’s unknown why the sailboat crashed. The Coast Guard will be conducting an investigation.

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Bill dance
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Bill dance
5 years ago

Please check your tide tables. It is far more dangerous to enter the bay on an out going tide. I haven’t checked to see if that was the case last night but if you do any boating out of any “bar harbor” avoid crossing on the out going tide, especially towards low tide.

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5 years ago
Reply to  Bill dance

Night Crossings, by John Humboldt Gates. I guess you can write a book about all the night wrecks attempting to enter Humboldt Bay.

Mike
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Mike
5 years ago

Stay away from the north side.

local observer
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local observer
5 years ago
Reply to  Mike

they were right where you are supposed to be. most sailboat motors don’t have the power to overcome some of the ebbs in the jaws.

Mike
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Mike
5 years ago
Reply to  local observer

The rocks is where you are supposed to be?

local observer
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local observer
5 years ago
Reply to  Mike

did you even read the article? they were on the northside of the south jetty. it seems you have never used the entrance when there are wave hazards. I round that south corner as close as I can and run down the northside of the south jetty, generally about 20 feet off the rocks. the deepest water is the safest water.

Willie Caso-Mayhem
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5 years ago

I hope they him.

Miguel
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Miguel
5 years ago

Please proof read your keystroke skills

Willie caos- mayhem
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5 years ago
Reply to  Miguel

Sure.

local observer
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local observer
5 years ago

everyone that goes in and out of the bay should have this on their favorites.
https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/eka/swan/

R -DOG
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R -DOG
5 years ago
Reply to  local observer

Thats the map you need i lived in humbolt area my whole life and i would never try to cross that dam thing let alone in a sail boat some people just don’t know how dangerous that crossing is

Sparklemahn
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Sparklemahn
5 years ago

Luckier than Gilligan, the Skipper too, a millionaire and his wife, a movie star, the Professor and Mary Ann.

I hope they him?
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I hope they him?
5 years ago

I wonder if this is the boat that was stuck in the mud on the south side if Indian Island for 24 hours several days ago? It was in serious disrepair. It looked like the boat that was towed back from Patricks Point by the Coast Guard when a person aboard called for help. Sounds like the boat sunk.

ElDub
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ElDub
5 years ago

local observer… LOL That’s a pornographic link.

local observer
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local observer
5 years ago

wave porn?