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Coast Guard rescues couple, canine from disabled sailboat off Florida’s Gulf Coast

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CLEARWATER, Fla. – A Coast Guard helicopter aircrew in Clearwater rescued two folks and their canine, Saturday, about 90 miles off Hernando Beach after their sailboat turned disabled, authorities mentioned.

The couple and their canine had been introduced again to Air Station Clearwater in good well being, based on the USCG.

A Coast Guard stationed in St. Petersburg obtained a digital selective calling alert, at roughly 11 a.m., alerting the Coast Guard to the mariners’ misery, officers mentioned.

According to the USCG, it was reported a porthole inside the sailboat broke permitting water to get into the vessel damaging a number of the electronics.

“A DSC alert allows mariners to instantly send an automatically formatted distress alert to the Coast Guard or other rescue authority anywhere in the world,” mentioned Lt. j.g. Connor Sullivan, command responsibility officer, Sector St. Petersburg in a news release Saturday. “Due to the reported water ruining the system, this alert gave us their last known position and allowed us to investigate because the owners registered it to their equipment.”

Salvage for the vessel is being coordinated by authorities.

There had been no reported accidents.

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