GLOUCESTER, Mass., July 23, 2012 — After receiving a distress call from the fishing vessel Grim Reaper, four miles off Gloucester’s Dog Bar Breakwater, a crew from the U.S Coast Guard Station Gloucester towed the boat back into the harbor Sunday.
At 3:19 p.m. the F/V Grim Reaper called Station Gloucester and said its engine had given out and it was taking on water because of the waves.
Gloucester police and the Rockport harbormaster heard the fishing boat’s call and responded with the Coast Guard.
Station Gloucester’s 40-foot lifeboat arrived first, and hooked up the fishing vessel for a tow, with Gloucester police riding alongside. According to the police report, the boat’s engine had flooded, stranding it four miles outside of the harbor in relatively heavy seas.
Read the full story at the Gloucester Times.