Coast Guard medevacs 70-year-old man from sailboat 100 miles west of San Diego

A Coast Guard Sector San Diego MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevac a 70-year-old man from a 47-foot sailboat approximately 100 miles west of San Diego May 31, 2019. The helicopter crew transported the patient to Sector San Diego and transferred him to awaiting medical personnel. (U.S. Coast Guard video)

SAN DIEGO —​ The Coast Guard medevaced a 70-year-old man from a 47-foot sailboat approximately 100 miles west of San Diego, Friday.

The master of the sailboat, Macondo, contacted Coast Guard Sector San Diego Joint Harbor Operations Center watchstanders at approximately 12:20 p.m. requesting assistance for an ill passenger who was displaying symptoms of severe dehydration.​

Watchstanders​ launched a Coast Guard Sector San Diego MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter with a San Diego Fire-Rescue Department Special Tactics and Rescue (STAR) Team paramedic aboard to assist.

Once on scene, the Jayhawk crew rescue swimmer entered the water and swam to the Macondo to assess the patient. The rescue swimmer and the patient then entered the water to create a safe distance between the sailboat's mast and the helicopter. The helicopter crew then lowered a rescue basket​ to hoist the patient into the helicopter, where the STAR Team paramedic rendered assistance.

The crew transported the patient to Sector San Diego and transferred him to awaiting medical personnel just after 4 p.m.

The patient was taken to UC San Diego Medical Center-Hillcrest and was reported to be in stable condition.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joel Guzman (archive).

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Coast Guard medevacs 2, good Sam rescues 13, search for 3 continues

A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew transfers two patients to emergency medical services personnel at Coast Guard Sector San Diego Oct. 20, 2018. The patients were injured when the boat they were aboard caught fire 28 miles south of Point Loma. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class Patrick Kelley/released)

Photos by Petty Officer 1st Class Patrick Kelley

SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard and good Samaritans rescued 15 people and continue to search for three more after a fishing vessel caught fire 28 miles south of Point Loma Saturday night.

The crew of the 42-foot fishing vessel Time Machine contacted Coast Guard Sector San Diego’s Joint Harbor Operations Center watchstanders around 9:35 p.m. to report seeing a nearby fishing boat on fire and multiple people in the water.

The Coast Guard diverted the Coast Guard Cutter Haddock, launched a Coast Guard Station San Diego 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew and dispatched a Sector San Diego MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew while Secretaría de Marina (SEMAR) also deployed two defender class boats to assist.

The crew aboard the motor vessel Time Machine pulled 15 people from the water, including two who needed urgent medical attention. The survivors aboard the fishing vessel Time Machine reported that three people were still missing.

The Coast Guard Sector San Diego Jayhawk crew hoisted the two survivors who needed urgent medical attention into the helicopter and transported them to Sector San Diego where they were met by emergency medical services personnel and taken to UC San Diego Health.

The remaining 13 survivors aboard the fishing vessel Time Machine were transferred to a SEMAR vessel and taken to Ensenada, Mexico.

SEMAR Rescue Coordination Center has assumed search mission coordinator.

A Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco Forward Operating Base Point Mugu MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew and the Coast Guard Cutter Haddock crew are actively searching for the three additional people.

Navy helicopter crews from the USS John C. Stennis and the USS Stockdale assisted in the search.

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