Crime & Safety
Coast Guard: Catamaran Capsizes Off Beavertail
A catamaran capsized off Beavertail State Park around 1 p.m. Saturday. No one was hurt. The Coast Guard also rescued a disabled boat.
NEWPORT, RI — A catamaran capsized off Beavertail State Park around 1 p.m. Saturday. No one was hurt. The Coast Guard and Marine Task Force responded. The Coast Guard said the catamaran was part of a regatta. An update is coming, the Coast Guard said.
@NK_Fire along with Marine Task Force responding south of Beaver Tail for a capsized catamaran
— NK Fire IAFF L1651 (@NK_Fire) September 30, 2017
Photo Caption: Coast Guard Station Castle Hill 45-response boat crew members race to their vessel to get underway after the search and rescue alarm goes off in Newport, Rhode Island on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017. The crew saved five people and assisted four during a local regatta. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Seth Pontecorvo)
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