Two men were rescued from a sinking boat about 7:30 this morning, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

May 19, 2009

Two passengers in a 30-foot sport boat were rescued about 3 p.m. Saturday in the Gulf of Mexico off John's Pass by a "Good Samaritan" fishing vessel, a U.S. Coast Guard spokesman said. ...more

January 10, 2009

Robert Vassallo and Angellette Smith had been battered by waves for two days when a final surge sent their boat crashing into a reef off the western coast of Cuba. ...more

January 9, 2009

Robert Vassallo and Angellette Smith had been battered by waves for two days when a final surge sent their boat crashing into a reef off the western coast of Cuba. ...more

January 8, 2009

A U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopter is hovering over a 46-foot cabin cruiser that is taking on water and in immediate danger of capsizing some 40 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico. ...more

October 11, 2008

Nine boaters were rescued by the Coast Guard in three incidents near Homosassa on Tuesday after storms passed through the area, the guard reported. ...more

August 12, 2008

The first inkling of trouble came when Brian David heard people yelling that the boat was sinking. ...more

June 11, 2008

MADEIRA BEACH - The Coast Guard diverted one of its helicopters from a training exercise today to lower a pump to a boat that was taking on water 40 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico, coast guard officials say. ...more

February 1, 2008

The U.S. Coast Guard is concerned that fuel leaking from a grounded shrimp boat at the entrance of John's Pass may damage the environment. The 22-foot-commercial shrimp boat, named "Rodac," hails from Reddington Beach. It began taking on water Friday night after it ran aground on a sand bar. Just why the vessel began to sink was unclear Saturday. ...more

January 12, 2008

A Canadian cruise ship struck submerged ice in frigid Antarctic waters Friday, driving all 154 tourists and crew members into bobbing lifeboats before they were plucked to safety by a passing ship, authorities said. ...more

November 24, 2007