Photos/Video: Crew of Coast Guard Cutter Reliance rescues four from sinking sailing vessel Wolf

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Date: May 16, 2008

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Crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Reliance rescues four from sinking sailing vessel, Wolf

ATLANTIC OCEAN - Click on the image on the left for video showing the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Reliance, based in Kittery, Maine, rescuing four people from their 48-foot sailing vessel, Wolf, after it began taking on water in eight-foot seas at 5 a.m., Tuesday, May 13, 2008, about 200 miles east of Charleston, S.C. Once aboard the Reliance, the four survivors rode for three days to Sandwich, Mass., where they were met by a boat from Coast Guard Station Cape Cod Canal for a final transfer to shore. Video Courtesy of Coast Guard Cutter Reliance.

SANDWICH, Mass. - Paul Doughty, of Keyport, N.J., explains Thursday, May 15, 2008, how an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon notified rescuers that he was in trouble when his 48-foot sailboat began sinking about 200 miles east of Charleston, S.C., at 5 a.m., Tuesday May 13, 2008. Doughty, his wife Linda, and their friends, sisters Berlinda and Antoinette Cole, were rescued by the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Reliance, based in Kittery, Maine, and rode aboard the cutter for three days to Sandwich, Mass., where they were transferred to another boat and finally taken to shore. (Coast Guard photo/Lauren Jorgensen)

SANDWICH, Mass. - Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian Wilson from Coast Guard Station Cape Cod Canal helps Linda Doughty, of Keyport, N.J., to shore Thursday, May 15, 2008, after she was rescued from a sinking sailboat 200 miles east of Charleston, S.C., Tuesday May 13, 2008.Husband and wife Paul and Linda Doughty and their friends, sisters Berlinda and Antoinette Cole, were rescued by the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Reliance, based in Kittery, Maine, when their 48-foot sailboat, Wolf, began taking on water at 5 a.m., Tuesday, May 13, 2008. They rode aboard the Reliance for three days before a boat crew from Coast Guard Station Cape Cod Canal picked them up and finally brought them to shore. (Coast Guard photo/Lauren Jorgensen)

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	ATLANTIC OCEAN - Click on the image on the left for video showing the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Reliance, based in Kittery, Maine, rescuing four people from their 48-foot sailing vessel, Wolf, after it began taking on water in eight-foot seas at 5 a.m., Tuesday, May 13, 2008, about 200 miles east of Charleston, S.C. Once aboard the Reliance, the four survivors rode for three days to Sandwich, Mass., where they were met by a boat from Coast Guard Station Cape Cod Canal for a final transfer to shore. Video Courtesy of Coast Guard Cutter Reliance.
	SANDWICH, Mass. - Paul Doughty, of Keyport, N.J., explains Thursday, May 15, 2008, how an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon notified rescuers that he was in trouble when his 48-foot sailboat began sinking about 200 miles east of Charleston, S.C., at 5 a.m., Tuesday May 13, 2008. Doughty, his wife Linda, and their friends, sisters Berlinda and Antoinette Cole, were rescued by the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Reliance, based in Kittery, Maine, and rode aboard the cutter for three days to Sandwich, Mass., where they were transferred to another boat and finally taken to shore. (Coast Guard photo/Lauren Jorgensen)
	SANDWICH, Mass. - Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian Wilson from Coast Guard Station Cape Cod Canal helps Linda Doughty, of Keyport, N.J., to shore Thursday, May 15, 2008, after she was rescued from a sinking sailboat 200 miles east of Charleston, S.C., Tuesday May 13, 2008.Husband and wife Paul and Linda Doughty and their friends, sisters Berlinda and Antoinette Cole, were rescued by the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Reliance, based in Kittery, Maine, when their 48-foot sailboat, Wolf, began taking on water at 5 a.m., Tuesday, May 13, 2008. They rode aboard the Reliance for three days before a boat crew from Coast Guard Station Cape Cod Canal picked them up and finally brought them to shore. (Coast Guard photo/Lauren Jorgensen)