PORTLAND, Maine — A disabled fishing boat was safely towed to shore Wednesday by a Coast Guard vessel 90 miles off Portland.
Watchstanders at Sector Northern New England’s command center received notification at 1 p.m. Wednesday that the Paulo Marc, homeported in Gloucester, Massachusetts, was disabled, according to a statement from the Coast Guard.
Four people were aboard the fishing boat and nobody was hurt, the statement said. The Coast Guard’s vessel arrived on scene at 8 p.m., and the 60-foot fishing boat was back in port at the State Fishing Pier an hour later.
The Coast Guard Cutter Moray is an 87-foot Coastal Patrol Boat homeported in Jonesport.
