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US Coast Guard Responds To Smoking Sailing Vessel Off Cape May US Coast Guard Responds To Smoking Sailing Vessel Off Cape May
US Coast Guard Responds To Smoking Sailing Vessel Off Cape May The US Coast Guard responded to smoke aboard a sailing vessel Wednesday, Nov. 9, about 13 miles south of Cape May. Watchstanders with Sector Delaware Bay received a call via radio at approximately 7 p.m. from the 56-foot sailing vessel, Adelaide, with two people aboard who reported heavy smoke. The mariners secured the engine and used a fire extinguisher as a preventative measure. The watchstanders launched a Coast Guard Station Cape May 45-foot Response Boat-Medium to assist. When the RB-M crew arrived, they confirmed the vessel was not on fire or taking on water. The cause of the smoke wa…

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by Jon Craig