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Sailboater Rescued From High Winds, Rough Waters Along Jersey Shore Sailboater Rescued From High Winds, Rough Waters Along Jersey Shore
Sailboater Rescued From High Winds, Rough Waters Along Jersey Shore A man was rescued after his sailboat was caught in high winds and rough waters in a Monmouth County estuary, officials said. The Atlantic Highlands Fire Department received a report on Monday, Mar. 11 of a sailboat in distress in the Shrewsbury River, which flows into Sandy Hook Bay. In a Facebook post, Sea Bright Fire Rescue said its marine crew was asked to provide mutual aid to Atlantic Highlands firefighters. Winds were greater than 40 knots (about 46 miles per hour) and waves were more than four feet high. The windy weather knocked out power for more than 30,000 customers across N…

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by Chris Spiker
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Water Search Continues For Missing Jersey Shore Kayaker Water Search Continues For Missing Jersey Shore Kayaker
Water Search Continues For Missing Jersey Shore Kayaker Authorities continued a search Friday for a Burlington County kayaker who apparently couldn’t get back to land before a storm hit the Jersey Shore. Nadem Aksoy, 50, of Bordentown and a friend were fishing in their kayaks on the Navesink River in Monmouth County when the storm blew in around midnight, his brother, Mujdad, told News 12. He "looked at his phone, the storm was coming, and then he called his friend [who] was on [a] kayak too,” his brother said. The friend saw Aksoy’s kayak flip over and Aksoy trying to hold onto it, Mujdad said. “After that he didn’t see him,” he said. The se…

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by Jerry DeMarco