<figure id="attachment_5634" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5634" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Port-Kinsale-Marina.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-5634" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Port-Kinsale-Marina-300x202.jpg" alt="Port Kinsale Marina in Va. THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY photo" width="300" height="202" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-5634" class="wp-caption-text">Port Kinsale Marina in Va. After the water level in a boat with five people on board was brought under control, a Coast Guard Response boat crew from Station St. Inigoes towed the vessel back across the bay to its home port&#8230;.which was on the way for the Coast Guard. THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY photo</figcaption></figure>
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<h3>Rescue of sinking boat in Wicomico</h3>
<p id="releaseHeadline">TAYLOR&#8217;S ISLAND, MD. — The Coast Guard responded to a 40-foot boat taking on water Sunday with five people aboard in Wicomico River near Taylor’s Island.</p>
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<p>Watchstanders at <strong>Coast Guard Sector Baltimore</strong> received a report from the boat&#8217;s operator at approximately 5:20 p.m., stating the boat was taking on water.</p>
<p>Sector Baltimore issued an urgent marine information broadcast and launched a <strong>29-foot Response Boat-Small II</strong> (RB-S) crew from Station Saint Inigoes.</p>
<p>A good Samaritan arrived on scene and took three people aboard, while the two remaining boaters stayed aboard to dewater the boat.</p>
<p>The RB-S crew dewatered the boat and escorted the boaters to White Point Marina in Kinsale, Virginia.</p>
<figure id="attachment_5635" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5635" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Cape-Charles-Coast-Guard-response-boat.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-5635" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Cape-Charles-Coast-Guard-response-boat-300x198.jpg" alt="Cape Charles Coast Guard response boat" width="300" height="198" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-5635" class="wp-caption-text">Cape Charles Coast Guard response boat</figcaption></figure>
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Coast guard and boaters came to rescue of sinking boat in Wicomico
Coast Guard Station Cape Charles' new 45-foot Response Boat - Medium is shown moored next to the station's 41-foot Utility Boat (UTB), Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. The RB-M marks the 100th boat of 166 being delivered to the Coast Guard to replace the aging UTB fleet. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd David Weydert