Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADET San Juan | 08.20.2019
Coast Guard crews and the Good Samaritan vessel “One Life” combined efforts to rescue a man, Mr. Kevin Wenk, from the water Tuesday, after his 12-foot catamaran capsized north of Culebra Island, Puerto Rico. "This Search and Rescue case highlights the importance of having a VHF Marine Radio onboard all maritime vessels,” said Lt. Cmdr. Andrew Phipps, Chief of the Sector San Juan......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADET San Juan | 08.20.2019
Coast Guard crews and the Good Samaritan vessel “One Life” combined efforts to rescue a man from the water Tuesday, after his 12-foot catamaran capsized north of Culebra Island, Puerto Rico. Rescued is Kevin Wenk, 36, from the U.S. Virgin Islands, who was thrown into the water when his pleasure craft “Electra Cat” capsized Tuesday morning half a mile off the north coast of Culebra Island....
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard District 7 | 03.07.2018
A Coast Guard boat crew rescued a stranded boater the morning of March 7, 2018 after the man’s 20-foot pleasure craft became disabled and was found washed up on the rocks on Steven Cay, in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. “The whole crew did an exceptional job and the rescue couldn't have gone any more smoothly,” said Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicholas Cotton, 33-foot SPC-LE coxswain “Our......
