Peninsula Daily News
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NEAH BAY – Two men rescued from a sinking yacht northwest of Cape Flattery have mixed emotions, the Coast Guard said.
“They’re not happy about losing the boat, but happy to be back on land,” said Chief Warrant Officer Robert Schmidt.
The men escaped in an inflatable skiff as their yacht, Scout, went down today about six miles north of the Strait of Juan de Fuca entrance. They were picked up by a nearby fishing boat, Mandingo, and taken to the Coast Guard station at Neah Bay.
John Bredbeck, 46, and Georgios Georgoulas, 44, both of Vancouver, British Columbia, did not require any medical attention.
They radioed for help about 6 a.m. because of uncontrollable flooding in the 72-foot wooden yacht.
They had left Newport Beach, Calif., on Dec. 9, bringing the yacht to a new owner in Vancouver. They stopped at Newport, Ore., where they had picked up cold-water immersion suits on sale, Schmidt said. They put the suits to good use.
Only about a foot of the yacht was above water when they abandoned ship, Schmidt said.
The yacht probably sank. It had about 500 gallons of diesel on board.
