High Winds Cause Heavy Case Load USCG, Alameda, May 5 - Due to the harsh winds the Bay Area experienced in May, USCG Station San Francisco underwent an extensive caseload:
Published: June, 2007
• The Coast Guard Cutter Sockeye, an 87-foot patrol boat, deployed its small boat to recover people in distress, who were on a vessel that was taking on water off of Brook Island in the Richmond Marina.
• A Coast Guard 41-foot rescue boat recovered three people from an overturned catamaran near Yerba Buena Island.
• The Coast Guard Auxiliary responded to a windsurfer in distress off of Coyote Point.The windsurfer had sustained a broken mast and sail and experienced trouble getting back to shore. Another windsurfer assisted. Both windsurfers made it back to shore safely.
• A Coast Guard 41-foot rescue boat was deployed to assist a 26-foot cabin cruiser with eight people on board, which ran aground in the Oakland estuary. When the rescue boat arrived, the vessel in distress was being assisted by another vessel and being towed to Grand Harbor Marina.
• A 41-foot rescue boat assisted an overturned sailing vesse and recovered three people resting on top of the overturned boatl off of Alameda Point near the former Naval air station. The sailing vessel’s crew was taken to Station San Francisco and treated for mild hypothermia.
Man Dies From Injuries at Baker Beach
USCG, San Francisco, May 15 —Coast Guard Sector San Francisco received a request from Presidio Park police for assistance. A man, estimated between 35 and 40 years old was stranded with a head injury on a cliff at Baker Beach. Presidio Fire Department was able to reach the man on foot, but he was pronounced dead on scene. The USCG helicopter lifted and transferred the man, who was an SF City resident, to nearby emergency services.
