Northern Approach, a wooden 40-foot sea scallop fishing boat based in Onset, and its two-man crew were towed to safety Sunday after taking on water 2 miles north of Provincetown.
After the fishing boat Probable Cause of Provincetown radioed for assistance around 7:36 a.m., a 47-foot motor lifeboat crew from Coast Guard Station Provincetown and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod responded to the Northern Approach.
The Northern Approach was unable to radio the Coast Guard directly, Coast Guard officials said.
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