6/13/2015 – Boats in Distress

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR assisted PLSAR with what was first reported as two boats in distress and taking on water. One boat was located by the PLSAR boat, which initiated a tow. Soon after, the PLSAR boat began having mechanical problems, but did complete the tow. It was then reported that a possible third boat was in distress somewhere in the Hells Kitchen area. The PL Police boat located the second distressed boat – a hovercraft, beached in the Anderson Bay area, and the occupants were safely transported to staging. The third boat was never located, even with the use of NVG’s.