Coast Guard, partners rescue 14 boaters in active week off Florida’s Suncoast
Sector St. Petersburg watchstanders were contacted, Thursday, April 18, around 1:45 p.m., by Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office dispatch reporting three people aboard a disabled 21-foot vessel 14 miles west of Egmont Key. A Coast Guard Station St. Petersburg boat crew located the three people aboard the out-of-fuel vessel, around 3:15 p.m., and towed the vessel to Egmont Channel. An Eckerd College Search and Rescue boat crew completed the tow from Egmont Channel to Fort De Soto Boat Ramp. No injuries were reported.