[UPDATE 8:12 a.m.] Crew of Trimaran Safe Ashore After Harrowing Escape From Boat on the Rocks
Still soaking wet, boaters smile for the camera after being rescued. [Photo by Cheryl Antony]
“Something happened to their boat…I’m not sure what it was…They sent out a distress signal at 9:30 p.m.,” Antony said. “It was pouring and foggy.” In the darkness, Antony could hear the waves beating on the beaches and she said she was afraid that not even the Coast Guard who had also been called out would be able to find the crew in time.
Shelter Cove rescue team joins the trimaran crew for a celebration photo. [Photo by Cheryl Antony]
Antony said today crews will try and find the trimaran. “The one guy said it hit the rocks really bad,” she said. “I don’t think it’s salvageable.”
Antony said the boaters told her, “We lost our ID, our purses, but we’re alive.” She added, “It so could have ended bad with that weather.”
The Shelter Cove rescue team put the trimaran boaters into motel rooms last night and today, they’ll try to help get them home.
UPDATE 8:12 a.m.: The Trimaran was located washed ashore.
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The Midnight Sun washed ashore. [Photo by Cheryl Antony]
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So glad they are safe as well as the rescuers. I love happy endings.
Quite the adventure! So glad they made it to shore safely in the storm.
What in holy hell were they doing out on the ocean last night? Navigating the Lost Coast, in the dark, in 20 kt winds, with 13 ft swells…WHY? There has been no ambiguity in the weather forecast at all. These were not boating conditions. But congratulations for not getting any Coast Guard personnel killed.
First off thanks to rescuers and crew for there safe return, That boat would be perfectly capable. It was a accident! No different than you talking before you think or driving a car. Why not sit in a bubble and do nothing at all !
Accident implies no one is at fault. Whoever was piloting the vessel screwed up. Someone is always at fault. There is no such thing as an “accident “.
Says the insurance company always.
Yup
I don’t know about ‘nothing is an accident’ but a sailboat should not be near a rocky shore in that kind of (well predicted) weather!! A mayday could have gone out earlier too!
Did you read the story?? They were in route somewhere. The ocean is a bit different than the road. Not too many rest areas to pull over during right weather.
No McDonalds.
its easier to go down hill. down hill to Portland ends today.
A big thank you to the Shelter Cove Rescue Crew and our great Coast Guard people. Glad everyone is safe.
to call the shelter cove residences ‘rescuers’ is a little over stated. the people from the boat saved them selfs. i guess getting a motel room counts for something
Why don’t you join the Shelter Cove Rescue squad there big mouth. Insulting people who try to help those in need shows you just let a brain fart!
[edit] those guys save many lives and do some harrowing rescues,and have to deal with very emotional recoveries of dead bodies they go any where and do anything any time of day or night
Gilligan’s Island anyone.
A three hour tour,…
Professor and Mary Ann.
Stupid, 14-16 ft swells. lucky, putting other people at risk for what?
good job people for being prepared you saved yourselves
My daughter was on that boat. Cannot tell you how overwhelming this news is being so far away in NY. God had a hand here and I am thankful that she is a strong and courageous woman. So proud of her, even though I did not want her to go!!!
The seas can grow angry around there, that area is referred to as the Lost Coast for a reason. It has rocky jagged cliffs, cold water, large waves long stretches of remote rocky inaccessible coastline. An incredible area, but not in a storm in a broken boat. That crew was very, very lucky.
What exactly is the story? they say it’s 5 people but there seems to be more than that saying ” I don’t speak English” in very clear English, and doing what the guy that is clearly in charge tells Them to do,dragging everything from the boat up the hill like ants.. also they are all saying they are from ft Bragg, but sanfrancisco is what is written on the hull… Did they just buy it and not change the home Port?
Dear “mom”,
Your daughter is in a great place with a lot of great people. I can only imagine the fright that they must have faced and survived. It took real courage on their part.
All’s well that ends well, and she has a story to tell for a lifetime. Please don’t judge us all by a few thoughtless comments, I’ve been guilty of it myself from time to time.
By far, the people of Humboldt county are “the salt of the Earth.”
A trimaran is dangerous in the wind. And the seas were 22 feet saturday at buoy 46022 with a 35 knot wind. What were these fools doing in this type of boat in this weather.
Agreed, a sailboat should not be near a rocky shore in that kind of (well predicted) weather!! A mayday could have gone out earlier too!
Someone should tie a line to the boat and claim salvage rights. Lloyds Open Form. No cure no pay…
Sounds like the crew was extremely lucky. Guess my old captain was right; better to be lucky than smart…
Please have the owner of the boat contact me. [email protected]
Would be interesting to ‘know’ what they were trying to do… were they trying to go into Shelter Cove,
or ‘blown in’ there by the wind/sea conditions ? They shouldn’t have been fighting a headwind though.
Looks like they had radar/depth sounder etc. Should have gone waaaay offshore to go around Cape Mendocino.
Wind was out of the south, so even if they got into the SC harbor, it would not have been
an er… ‘nice evening’ in Shelter Cove.
it looks like they were trying to go north before a strong north wind starts tomorrow. most travelers don’t go way offshore when rounding the cape. I see big boats when fishing Blunts.
Yep–a sailboat should not be near a rocky shore in that kind of (well predicted) weather!! A mayday could have gone out earlier too!
Idiots hahaha. Already needed coast guard saving them once last month.
Thank you to the wonderful folks at Shelter Cove, rescuers and others who helped.
Can you imagine five under dressed people in a dingey at night in a storm with 13′ ground swell, 9′ wind waves and howling wind?
I’m extremely impressed that they were able to make it to shore. Well done. I wonder how far they rowed and how they navigated to the Cove?
I would think a trimaran is miserable and scary in rough water