Capsizing Ships might become the norm.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

In less than a week, I have noted 3 ships capsizing, 1 in Baja, MX, July 4th.....another in Jayapura, Papua and the most recent in Russia in the Volga River.

Across the globe we hear more and more stories of fisherman who can't bring their boats out to do their work.  The seas are angry and unpredictable.  Here''s another story of a fishing boat carrying 27 tourists with 16 Mexican crew members struggling in the sea when the ship capsized.

California residents rescued in fatal boat accident in Mexico

July 4, 2011 |  1:33 pm

   

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One person was reported dead and seven others missing Monday afternoon after a fishing boat carrying 27 U.S. tourists and 16 Mexican crew members capsized in rough seas in the Sea of Cortez, officials said.

The 27 tourists, most of them from California, were aboard the charter vessel Erick when a sudden storm struck the area about 2:30 a.m., hurling people into the ocean in the vicinity of San Luis Island, about 60 miles south of the Baja California port of San Felipe, the Mexican Navy said in a statement. The body water in which the ship capsized is also known as the Gulf of California.

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"The weather was calm, and then a strong wind came,"  Dora Winkler, a spokeswoman with the Port of San Felipe, told the Los Angeles Times.

Some of the first people rescued -- two tourists and the boat's cook -- were plucked from the water by a Mexican fishing boat, according to Winkler.

All of the 16 Mexican crew members were rescued, she said. The tourist who died was only identified as an adult male. Initial reports said six people were missing; officials later raised the number to seven.

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter from San Diego was assisting the Mexican navy as rescue crews scoured the area for survivors, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Pamela Boehland.

She said the Coast Guard was told by the Mexican Navy that most of the passengers were from Northern California and that one was from Port Angeles, Wash. The search was launched after one of the victims swam to shore and alerted Mexican officials, Boehland said.

"He swam to shore and actually walked to the nearest location," Boehland said, adding that she was unsure whether it was a town or village.

Mexican officials said all of the survivors were wearing life jackets. They were taken to local hospitals and appeared to be in good condition, the Mexican Navy said.

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Coast Guard rescues four moments before boat sinks in Lake Michigan

A 31-foot boat sank in Lake Michigan waters near Manitowoc, Wisconsin on Friday, June 19. All four on board were rescued by a U.S. Coast Guard crew

MANITOWOC, WI -- A U.S. Coast Guard crew arrived in the nick of time for four men hoping to be rescued from their sinking boat in 90-foot deep Lake Michigan waters.

Just minutes after the four men were aboard a Coast Guard vessel, the 31-foot boat DATBYTES capsized and then sank.

The sinking happened about five miles off the Wisconsin coast, near Manitowoc.

A 45-foot Coast Guard rescue boat rushed to the scene after someone aboard DATBYTES issued a Mayday call at 1:45 p.m. Friday, June 19. The caller said the boat was rapidly taking on water.

The Coast Guard crew, from Coast Guard station Two Rivers, got to the other boat within five minutes because they already were doing training in the general area.

All four men aboard the sinking boat were wearing life jackets. They were quickly transferred to the Coast Guard boat.

In the minutes to follow, two Coast Guard members tried to use a pump to "de-water" DATBYTES, but they couldn't keep up with the incoming flow.

The Coast Guard members returned to the rescue boat and, not long later, the other boat sank.

None of the rescued four men were injured.

Coast Guard marine inspectors later went to the sinking sight to check for pollution, but could find none. The owner of DATBYTES is making plans to salvage the boat, Coast Guard officials said.

It wasn't clear what caused the boat to take on water.

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Strong winds sink fishing boat in central Vietnam, 32 crew members rescued

Rescuers in the central province of Quang Ngai said Thursday that 32 fishermen of a local boat, which had sunk due to strong winds the day before, have all been saved.

The boat was 29 nautical miles from the Spratly Islands when a fierce whirlwind suddenly hit it at around 1:00 a.m. on Wednesday, throwing all of its crew into the sea.

A local search and rescue center received distress signal soon later and called another fishing boat near the area for help.

Bad weather and strong winds hampered the rescue mission. It took more than seven hours to find all of the 32 crew members.

Another military ship later reached the scene, taking care of the exhausted men, who had been staying in the sea for hours. Another fishing boat then carried them safely back to shore.

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1 boat capsizes during extreme weather on Lake Powell

LAKE POWELL — Extreme weather caused a boat to capsize on Lake Powell Saturday afternoon, creating a very scary situation for a vacationing family.

A family camping at the back of Crystal Springs Canyon, in a location with a pour-off overhead and a very small beach area, was caught in extreme weather that brought in a considerable amount of rain, causing flash flooding.

“The flood caused a very dangerous and stressful event for the family,” Cynthia Sequanna, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area park ranger, said.

The flash flood came down where the family was mooring their boats, Sequanna said, and the waters rose and reduced the amount of beach where the family was camping. The flooding came over the canyon and caused a current and eddy pocket down below.

One boat sank in the flood, but nobody was injured or killed, which was the most fortunate thing, Sequanna said.

When visitors choose a campsite, they should kind of study the place around them

“When visitors choose a campsite, they should kind of study the place around them,” Sequanna said. “They need to look up and down and all around and think about where water might flow into that canyon.”

Sequanna said people need to always plan ahead when vacationing and be aware of the weather forecast and any impending storms in the area. They should also pay attention to flash flood warnings and severe weather events. Anyone planning to be out on the lake for a few days should check the weather forecast daily to see if the forecast has changed.

Flash floods can dislodge large boulders, rocks, trees, and also carry a lot of debris, Sequanna said.

“It’s always advisable to keep an eye on the horizon,” she said, “especially upstream from where you’re at. If there are any dark clouds, you should anticipate the possibilities that there could be flash flooding in the near future.”

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Crew safe after fishing vessel sinks off Georges Bank

Published June 10, 2015 - 5:39pm 
Last Updated June 10, 2015 - 5:44pm

The Bear Cove Point.

A fishing vessel sank off Georges Bank on Tuesday morning.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada deployed a team of investigators to Riverport to assess the sunken fishing vessel, named Bear Cove Point, which sank at about 6:30 a.m.

All four crew members were rescued by another fishing vessel and were brought back to Riverport on Wednesday.

“Within an hour the vessel sunk, there were other fishing vessels around, they were on George’s Bank,” said Pierre Murray, manager of regional operations for the Atlantic Region of the Transportation Safety Board. “Other vessels came to give assistance and try transfer pumps but it wasn’t enough to salvage the vessel.”

Murray said the vessel sank about 175 kilometres southwest of Yarmouth and is now at the bottom of Georges Bank, roughly 20 metres below the surface.

“The boat is gone … that’s pretty much it for the boat.”

Murray said that it’s still early in the investigation but the transportation safety board has conducted interviews with the crewmen with more expected in the coming days.

The ongoing investigation will be based on witness accounts of what happened and any other information they can gather about the vessel.

According to a 2014 condition and valuation survey, the ship was built in 1987, is 22.83 metres in length and weighs 197.01 tons.

“There were no visible problems with the hull and the mechanical and electrical systems were well maintained.”

The boat has a market value of $700,000.

“Bear Cove Point was well built and outfitted and has a proven track record as a capable offshore multipurpose fishing vessel. This vessel has a reputation as a good sea-boat in heavy weather conditions and the fully enclosed processing deck makes for a safe and comfortable work environment while at sea.”

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Boat sinks sending 8 in the water near San Carlos Bay

Posted: Jun 08, 2015 6:08 PM EDTUpdated: Jun 08, 2015 6:36 PM EDT

Lee County, FL 

Eight people were rescued after their rental boat took on water in San Carlos Bay. Everyone is okay, according to the Coast Guard and they are on the way back to the Coast Guard station at Fort Myers Beach.

The boat sunk near the Sanibel Lighthouse. A rescue tow service is on the way for recovery operations.

Fire department authorities say the responded to a distress call. Another boat was in the area and managed to help the boaters before the boat sank.

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http://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/news/757791

German, Filipino die as boat sinks off Bahrain

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  The Causeway connecting the kingdom to Bahrain is shown in this file photo. A boat sank near the Causeway on Saturday, killing at least two people on board. (AN file photo)

DUBAI: Two men, a German and a Filipino, have drowned after the boat they were aboard sank in Gulf waters off Bahrain, the official BNA news agency quoted the coast guard as saying.
Another four passengers, whose nationalities were not given, were rescued following the incident Friday near the King Fahd Causeway linking the archipelago with Saudi Arabia.
They were said to be in good health.
Details were not immediately available on the type of the vessel, which was towed to a nearby naval base.
There was also no information on its origin and destination nor the cause of the accident.

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Four dead after boat capsizes on Bear Lake

06/01/2015 10:04 PM

BEAR LAKE STATE PARK, Utah (ABC 4 Utah) - Four people are dead after they were thrown into the cold waters of Bear Lake when their boat capsized Monday night.

According to family members, Lance Capener and his two daughters Kelsey and Kylie died. The girl's friend Siera Hadley also died.

During this time there was a very violent wind storm in the area that caused the boat to capsize.

Utah State Parks officers and Rich County Search and Rescue and other emergency responders eventually located the boat and all occupants were transported to medical facilities.

It was supposed to be a mother-daughter excursion on Bear Lake Monday. But those who were there said it started turning ugly and they were ready to call it a day and started heading for the marina.

Caroline Anderson and her daughter were there too. Her daughter had been on the boat earlier. The girls were taking turns throughout the afternoon. But on the final run Anderson and her daughter stayed behind. The boat with 7 on board headed out one last time.

“We could see that the wind was rocking the boat,” said Anderson.

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Chinese ship sinks with at least 450 on board, in the Yangtze river http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-32969861

- It wastravelling from the eastern city of Nanjing to Chongqing in the south-west when it sank in Jianli county.

-BBC's Jo Floto in Beijing says that China has not seen a disaster on such a scale for a long time. The government has exerted huge control over information coming out from the scene, with local journalists stopped from getting close to the scene, he adds.

-The captain and the chief engineer...were quoted earlier as saying that the boat had been caught in a cyclone and sank within minutes

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Pattaya-Koh Lan passenger boat sinks

Started by Thaivisa News, Today, 08:17

Pattaya, Chon Buri:- A passenger boat sank shortly after it left Koh Lan heading back to the Pattaya shore Sunday evening, police said. All of its 82 passengers were safely rescued by two other passenger boats.

 

Pattaya police chief Pol Col Sukthat Pumpanmuang was alerted that a passenger boat was sinking in the sea off Thonglang beach of Koh Lan.  He dispatched police officers to inspect the accident and they found the Phet Thara 7 boat gradually sinking and all 82 passengers, who are officials from the Buri Ram Court, had been evacuated to two other passenger boats.

 

Khamtan Thungthaisong, 47, the boat skipper, said he had received the group of passengers from Tawaen beach to take them back to Pattaya but when the boat sailed past the Thonglang beach, water gushed into the boat's bottom.

 

As a result, he sent out an SOS for boats nearby to evacuate the passengers while his boat gradually sank. He said he did not know what caused the water to leak into the boat.

 

Later on, Rewat Phoriang, the director of the Harbor Region 6 Office, which is in charge of Pattaya, ordered the owner of the boat to salvage it to find out what caused the accident.

 

Rewat said the boat might hit a rock, causing a hole in its hull, or its water pump might malfunction.

 

He praised the boat skipper for sending SOS signal in time for safe evacuation of passengers.

 

The Phet Thara company has changed its name from Koh Lan Travel after one of its boat sank in the Pattaya Sea, a source said.

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Fishing boat with 500 gallons of diesel sinks in Ilwaco Channel

May 23, 2015 at 5:37 PM, updated May 23, 2015 at 5:48 PM

ILWACO, Wash. — The Coast Guard is monitoring a sunken fishing vessel in Ilwaco Channel for possible pollution and as a potential hazard to navigation.

Coast Guard pollution responders and investigators arrived on the scene around 8:40 a.m. Saturday. A light sheen has been reported in the area. The boat has up to 500 gallons of diesel fuel aboard the vessel.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Katelyn Shearer reports the Coast Guard office in Warrenton, Oregon, received a report from a good Samaritan early Saturday that the 37-foot fishing vessel Four Forty was stuck in a piling in the channel. Shearer says the good Samaritan also rescued two people from that vessel before it sank in about 40 feet of water.

The Coast Guard says the owner of the fishing boat is working with a salvage company to remove it from the channel.