Coast Guard tows disabled sailboat from 17 miles off NC coast [Image 2 of 3]

ATLANTIC OCEAN, NC, UNITED STATES

02.17.2013

Courtesy Photo

U.S. Coast Guard District 5   

The crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Block Island, a 110-foot patrol boat homeported in Atlantic Beach, N.C., pulls alongside a sailboat that lost its rigging in severe weather and became adrift in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 17, 2013. The Block Island's crew towed the sailboat to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel where Towboat U.S. took over the tow. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Donald Flusche)

• Date Taken: 02.17.2013
• Date Posted: 02.18.2013 20:35
• Photo ID: 869148
• VIRIN: 130217-G-ZZ999-569
• Resolution: 600x800
• Size: 307.08 KB
• Location: ATLANTIC OCEAN, NC, US