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Going Coastal yacht sinking 35 miles south of Monterey, California, April 30, 2020.

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On 30 April, the 28.08-metre yacht <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/6900" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Going Coastal 28.08m (92'2&quot;)Paragon Motor Yachts2006">Going Coastal</a> sunk 9 miles off the coast of Monterey Bay, California. The US Coast Guard rescued two crew members who made a mayday call at approximately 11:45 via VHF-FM channel 16, reporting their yacht was taking on water approximately 35 miles south of Monterey. &nbsp;<img src="/uploads/store/photo/119043/image/large-069642211eb652c791513866b4fa3523.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/119043">The Official U.S. Coast Guard 11th District Pacific Southwest released a statement of the events following the crew's mayday call:Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders issued an urgent marine-information broadcast, dispatched a Coast Guard Station Monterey 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew and diverted a Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco Dolphin helicopter crew to assist. &nbsp;The Going Coastal crew followed up that the flooding was under control prompting the Coast Guard to cancel the Dolphin crew. &nbsp;<iframe width="710" height="390" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8BcxprK6hP4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe>The RB-M crew arrived on scene at approximately 1:30 p.m., assessed the situation, transferred a crewmember and dewatering pump to the yacht and began escorting the ship toward Monterey Bay.&nbsp;Around 3:45 p.m., the crew noticed the rate of flooding had increased and the Coast Guard dispatched a Dolphin crew to assist. The Dolphin crew arrived on scene around 4:55 p.m. and delivered its rescue swimmer and a second dewatering pump to the Going Coastal. &nbsp;<img src="/uploads/store/photo/119042/image/large-6b05bd575dd8e0ec6480a8e4c904a1b5.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/119042">At approximately 5:20 p.m., the ship had reportedly lost electrical and engine power and the flooding rate continued to increase. &nbsp;<img src="/uploads/store/photo/119041/image/large-70b58a7d9df3d266493c4702600f3a06.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/119041">The Coast Guard RB-M crew rescued the Going Coastal crewmembers before the yacht sank approximately nine miles south of Monterey Bay. &nbsp;The Coast Guard took the Going Coastal crew back to Monterey with no reported injuries. &nbsp;The owner of the yacht reported the vessel had around 1,200 gallons of diesel fuel aboard and is working with his insurance company to salvage the vessel. &nbsp;An Air Station San Francisco Dolphin helicopter will conduct an overflight Friday at 8 a.m. Coast Guard Sector San Francisco's Incident Management Division is working with the owner and will approve the salvage plan.<img src="/uploads/store/photo/119040/image/large-f70784dd85ca862bee46d3dffe3b1fd3.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/119040"> <div class="fr-embedly " data-original-embed="<a href='https://twitter.com/USCGPacificSW' data-card-branding='0' class='embedly-card'></a>"><a href="https://twitter.com/USCGPacificSW" data-card-branding="0" class="embedly-card"></a></div><div class="fr-embedly " data-original-embed="<a href='https://twitter.com/USCGPacificSW' data-card-branding='0' class='embedly-card'></a>"><a href="https://twitter.com/USCGPacificSW" data-card-branding="0" class="embedly-card"></a></div>

28m yacht Going Coastal sunk in Monterey Bay

On 30 April, the 28.08m yacht Going Coastal sunk 9 miles off the coast of Monterey Bay, California. The US Coast Guard rescued two crew members.

Two crew members saved from sinking 28m yacht in California