January 4, 2016 — NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — The Coast Guard helped tow a 95-foot New Bedford fishing vessel Monday after it became disabled Sunday morning about 100 nautical miles east of Nantucket, according to a news release.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England’s command center were notified at about 7 a.m. Sunday from the Megan Marie’s captain who said the boat was disabled due to a lost rudder. There were six people on board, he said.
The Good Samaritan fishing vessel Jason and Danielle, the disabled vessel’s sister ship, responded Sunday at about 2:30 p.m. and took Megan Marie into tow. But when winds increased to 20-30 knots and the waves reached 10 feet, the tow line parted and Megan Marie’s owner asked the Coast Guard for help, the release said.
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