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Boat Catches Fire 18 Miles Off Newport
Thursday, May 17, 2007
By Ambrosia Sarabia
Abandon Ship - Captain of the sailboat Nada Mas, was rescued by the Coast Guard after his 54-ft. ship caught fire off the coast of Newport Beach on May 5. The vessel was left to drift put to sea due to the severe damage.
Photo by: William Nelson photo
The boat was totaled and left to drift.
NEWPORT BEACH - A captain of a 54-ft. sailboat was forced to abandon his vessel after she caught fire 18 miles off the coast of Newport Beach May 5.
Capt. Jacob Fehr was sailing to San Francisco on Nada Mas when the vessel unexpectedly caught fire.
Fehr escaped the flames in his dinghy and was rescued by a commercial vessel after a distress call came in at about 2:30 p.m.
Los Angeles County Firefighters based on Catalina responded to the call, along with the U.S. Coast Guard and the Orange County Sheriff's Harbor Patrol.
The cause of the fire is unknown.
When the time came to tow the boat, officials opted to let her drift.
"It was the Coast Guard's call and they told us to let [her] drift, so we did," said Orange County Sheriff's Harbor Patrol Deputy William Nelson. "We don't know where [she's] at today."
-Ambrosia Sarabia
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