UPDATE – DURING CHICAGO TO MACKINAC SOLO CHALLENGE
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Petty Officer Third Class Nick Trimpe, a rescue swimmer at Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City, prepares to assist the skipper off of a grounded sailing vessel and onto a nearby beach on Round Island in the Mackinac Straits, June 23, 2015. The woman was participating in the Chicago to Mackinac Solo Challenge. U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Traverse City. |
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A 35-foot sailing vessel is aground near Round Island in the Straits of Mackinac while a crew from Coast Guard Station St. Ignace and a commercial salvage crew attempt to maneuver in close, June 23, 2015. Due to the sea state and shallow water, a Coast Guard aircrew from Air Station Traverse City was needed to rescue a 65-year-old woman from the vessel. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Coast Guard Station St. Ignace) |
ST. IGNACE, Mich., — The Coast Guard rescued a 65-year-old woman after her sailboat ran aground near Round Island in the Straits of Mackinac, Tuesday.
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