A city-based fishing boat was being assisted by the Coast Guard and a commercial tugboat Saturday night after it started taking on water about five miles northeast of Cuttyhunk Island, according to the Coast Guard.
As of 9 p.m. Saturday, the 78-foot scalloper Cowboy was still offshore as crew members from the boat and the assisting vessels tried to get the water out of the engine room, according to a Coast Guard spokeswoman. The tides would determine when and where the boat would be towed after the water was drained.
The Cowboy’s crew radioed for help at 2:11 p.m., reporting that the boat was flooding, according to a statement from the Coast Guard.