MANASQUAN – Over the weekend, the Coast Guard had to medevac a man from a yacht about six miles northeast of Manasquan Inlet.
Watchstanders from U.S. Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay command center and U.S. Coast Guard Station Manasquan Inlet received notification through VHF channel 16 that a 58-year-old male passenger of a 60-foot Arrow yacht was experiencing shortness of breath.
The Sector Delaware Bay command center consulted with a Coast Guard flight surgeon and recommended that the man should be medevaced.
Subsequently, a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew from Coast Guard Station Manasquan Inlet was sent to the yacht. The boat crew then removed the man from the boat and brought him to emergency medical services that were waiting in Shark River Inlet.
“Well prepared mariners who are equipped with all of the necessary safety equipment including reliable communications enable us to assist them in their time of need,” said Joseph Hartline, Operation Unit Controller at the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay command center.
