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Coast Guard aids mariner after vessel hits object, sinks off southern Washington coast

U.S. Coast Guard District 13

July 28, 2017 | 3:00

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew, from Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, hoists a 67-year-old mariner from his 17-foot yacht tender after his yacht collided with an unknown object and sank 9 miles off Leadbetter Point State Park, Wash., July 28, 2017.

The mariner abandoned ship into his yacht tender, shortly after which he lost sight of the lights of his 45-foot pleasure yacht Sea Crest and heard sounds that indicated the vessel might have sunk.

U.S. Coast Guard video courtesy of Air Station Astoria.