San Diego
A 60-foot sportfishing boat taking on water through a two-by-three-foot gash made it to shore after a 10-hour ordeal Thursday, the Coast Guard reported.
The fishing boat Shogun radioed a distress signal at 1:10 a.m., apparently after hitting one of the Coronado Islands.
The Coast Guard responded by sending a helicopter to drop a pump to the disabled boat, Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Robert Lowry said. At 3:30 a.m., the Shogun radioed that it was still taking on water, and the Coast Guard dispatched a 41-foot patrol boat to pick up the passengers.
Twenty-one passengers were transferred to the Coast Guard boat; the five crewmen stayed aboard the Shogun to bring it back to San Diego, Lowry said. The hole was in the bow of the boat and the crew was able to minimize the amount of water it took by returning to port in reverse.
The Shogun, escorted by a Coast Guard vessel, arrived at the Kettenberg Marina about 10:30 a.m., Lowry said.
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