Catamaran capsizes in Boothbay waters, everyone safe

KEVIN BURNHAM, Editor
Mon, 08/03/2015 - 4:00pm
Boaters, the Boothbay Harbor Harbor Master and the U.S. Coast help with the capsized catamaran in Linekin Bay on Monday afternoon. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
Rescuers try to right the capsized catamaran in Linekin Bay but the strong winds blew the vessel back down into the water. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register

    A small catamaran capsized in strong winds off Holbrook Ledge in Linekin Bay Monday afternoon, Aug. 3 around 3 p.m.

    The Boothbay Fire Department, Boothbay Harbor Harbor Master, U.S. Coast Guard and a couple of boaters responded to the scene and everyone was safe and out of the water, according to Boothbay Harbor Police Chief Robert Hasch, who responded to the scene in another boat operated by Sewall Maddocks. The catamaran was towed toward Bayville where it was more sheltered from the wind by a boater in a Boston Whaler, and the catamaran was righted.

    UPDATE: Hasch said later on Monday that two people were aboard the catamaran when it capsized.

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