A helicopter from Air Station Cape Cod responded to a mayday call Wednesday morning from the Vesta Renee 23 miles off Boothbay Harbor.
Warmer weather has melted our frozen waterways​, but that's giving rise to unusual hazards. The unusually cold winter​ uprooted docks, and sent debris into the bays and the Long Island Sound.
A mayday call came in at around 7 a.m. saying the boat was taking on water, and the fishermen were going to "abandon ship." ...
A sunken boat has been removed from a lock along the River Thames on the edge of Oxford.
A teenager who could not swim had to be rescued after a derelict boat he was on began to sink and drift out to sea.
A fisherman drowned at sea last week off the West Coast Berbice leaving the boat captain and fellow crew members traumatised.