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Sailboat Hits Duxbury Reef

By Tim Henry | June 9, 2017 | Sausalito, CA |
A boat crew from Station Golden Gate assists a 32-ft sailing vessel that was taking on water near the Golden Gate Bridge.  

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A sailboat hit a reef off the coast of West Marin on Wednesday and started taking on water while it was returning to San Francisco Bay.

A man and his son were on board a 32-ft sailboat when they ran aground on Duxbury Reef, near Bolinas. They called the Coast Guard at about 4 p.m., when they were nearing the Golden Gate Bridge. The Coast Guard arrived and "assisted the man with dewatering using a portable dewatering pump," a press release said. The lifeboat crew then towed the boat to Travis Marina in Sausalito’s Horseshoe Cove.

The Coast Guard towed the boat into Travis Marina.

© USCG

"We caution mariners to know where the buoys are and what they mean," a Coast Guard officer said. "They mark shoal areas to keep boaters out of dangerous waters."

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