(coastguardnews.com) – Coast Guard crews and the crew of the chemical tank ship Silver Dover assisted a boater in distress Saturday morning in the Caribbean Sea, approximately 57 nautical miles southeast of Puerto Rico.
Assisted was an 80-year-old man, who was the sole passenger aboard the 44-foot sailing vessel Tao when the vessel lost steering and the boater lost the ability to simultaneously access the vessel’s compass and emergency tiller. Read more.