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Yahoo
25-05-2025
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- Yahoo
8 rescued after boat capsizes off Marina Green coast
SAN FRANCISCO - Eight people were rescued Saturday afternoon after their boat capsized off Marina Green in San Francisco. The Coast Guard first received a call about a boat partially submerged in the water just before 2 p.m., officials said. Officials said everyone in the sailboat was accounted for and there was no threat to anyone's life. There were a total of nine people on the boat, but the boat's captain refused to leave, according to the San Francisco Fire Department. San Francisco fire said everyone on board was wearing life jackets, and the Coast Guard added that no medical treatment was needed for anyone. Local perspective While officials didn't describe the victims, they did say the boat, Sea Scout Ship Viking, is used to teach high school girls how to sail. The boat and the captain were towed to shore, according to San Francisco fire. The San Francisco Police Department and officials with San Francisco Recreation & Parks also assisted with the rescue. What we don't know It's unclear what caused the boat to capsize. San Francisco fire said it's unclear at this time the ages of the passengers. The Source Coast Guard, San Francisco Fire Department
San Francisco Chronicle
25-05-2025
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- San Francisco Chronicle
8 passengers rescued from capsizing sailboat in San Francisco Bay
Eight people were rescued from a capsizing sailboat on the San Francisco Bay Saturday afternoon, firefighters said. The San Francisco Fire Department and the U.S. Coast Guard responded to a distress call around 2 p.m. near the Marina Green, the fire department said. Rescuers found nine people aboard a sailboat that was taking on water, firefighters said, and rescued and took to shore eight of the people onboard. The boat's captain, the fire department said in a social media post, 'did not want to take our suggestion to be rescinded and stayed on the boat waiting for a tow into shore.' The fire department said that the passengers were wearing life jackets and there were no injuries. 'The SFFD strongly discouraged people putting themselves in danger,' the fire department said. The boat, the Sea Scout Ship Viking, is one of the vessels belonging to the San Francisco Sea Scouts, an organization that teaches youth sailing and seamanship skills, according to the group's website. The SSS Viking is one of the organization's various sailing clubs, marketed for girls and women between the ages of 14 and 21, the website said. The SF Sea Scouts is supported by the San Francisco Sailing Whaleboat Association, a nonprofit organization. 'All of our youth members were at California State University Maritime, spending Memorial Day Weekend competing in a Sea Scout Regatta,' the SF Sea Scouts told NBC Bay Area in a statement. The group said that the crew was taken by other boats, while the boat and its captain were towed back to shore by a towing company.
CBS News
25-05-2025
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- CBS News
9 rescued after sailboat capsizes in San Francisco Bay
Nine people were rescued after a high school girls' sailboat capsized near Crissy Field in San Francisco on Saturday afternoon, the fire department said. The San Francisco Fire Department responded around 2 p.m., finding nine people standing on a boat that was sinking. Eight people were rescued while the boat's captain said he didn't want to abandon the vessel. Crews waited for about an hour for a tow boat to come and take the sailboat to Aquatic Pier. The tow boat was able to get water out of the boat and upright it. The captain then got aboard the tow boat and is safe. Rescue crews said the boat's name is the Sea Scout Ship Viking, and it is part of the Sea Scout Ship Sailing Club for high school girls.
