Lifeguards Tow Charter Boat To Shore
POSTED: 11:20 am PDT September 7,
2008
UPDATED: 11:42 am PDT September 7,
2008
SAN DIEGO -- A charter dive boat had an engine malfunction and began taking on water off Sunset Cliffs Sunday, but the vessel carrying 16 passengers was towed safely back to Mission Bay, a lifeguard lieutenant said. The stricken 38-foot "Kelp Connection" was heading to the Coronado Islands when it began taking on water and had black smoke coming out of its port side engine around 7:45 a.m., Lerum said. Lifeguards were able to rescue the passengers and tow the boat back to the bay, then managed to pump out the water, Lerum said.
"It was a happy ending to what could have been a dangerous situation," the lieutenant said. The rescue was the second of a boat in distress in 12 hours. A 22-foot boat that lost engine power drifted into the rocks off Sunset Cliffs around 9 p.m. Saturday night, Lerum said. That vessel, with five people aboard, was towed safely to lifeguard headquarters in Mission Bay, and no one was hurt, Lerum said.
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