The Coast Guard rescued nine boaters from the water after their vessel became submerged approximately two miles south of Pensacola Pass on Saturday.

Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a mayday call at 10:47 a.m. from the 50-foot Sport Fisher Slow Motion. The recreational vessel reportedly ran aground, with all nine boaters aboard abandoning the vessel. The Coast Guard diverted a 45-foot Response Boat — Medium boat crew from Coast Guard Station Pensacola that was already patrolling the area.

The Pensacola boat crew arrived on scene at 10:56 a.m., recovered all nine people out of the water and transported them back to Big Lagoon State Park.

There were reported no medical concerns among those rescued.

14 Responses to “Coast Guard Rescues Nine Boaters Near Pensacola Pass”

Must not have depth finders ,and sure didn’t know what they was doing guess he captain crunch or captain kangaroo he sure didn’t have no business driving a boat

The marking buoy is ~ 150 yds off and needs to be right on top of it. All us fishermen been say’in this for years. Coast Guard needs to get off their A and do something. It’s a wonder it’s not happening more frequently. Dumbazzez.

inot like that boat not been there for long time not know what ya doing was problem,didn’t even put the life boat in and one out of the nine didn’t have life jacket on good thing it didn’t happen at night they might have been shark bait,might need hire someone to drive it for ya sad but true ,might help it ya go to school and learn how to operate a boat of that size Thankfully no one was injured or killed

At high tide you cannot see the bow or stern of the USS Massachusetts, at low tide you can usually see both ends. It would be so nice if someone could put a 20’ PVC pipe with a flag on the pole at both ends of the Mass so we could see it at high tide, especially if the Coast Guard won’t do it. There is a red beacon on the south side of her, but it’s still possible to hit her if you’re not careful. I actually anchored right in the middle once not knowing I was in the middle till the tide went out and I heard a swishing sound! Anyway hope some divers could attach poles with flags on her.

A good fact of life to remember is when you go into serious water such as this, you go to the bottom of the food chain.

Glad the CG rescued these folks. That boat should be salvaged and put back to good use. Such a waste if it just remains underwater. Does insurance cover this?

Maybe its time to buoy mark this spot!

The Mass. has sunk way more boats since they sunk it than it ever did at war

What do you run aground, 2 miles out in the gulf ?

Oh WOW!! First of all, very glad everyone was rescued. Second of all, such a shame to see this boat sink. My parents had a 35 foot cabin cruiser, when we were kids growing up in the fifties, sixties, and seventies. We went out into the Gulf, just about every weekend. So much fun. When dad finally sold the boat, a month later, the idiots that bought it ran aground with it and it sank, and I can remember crying knowing that beautiful boat was beneath the water. Just glad everyone got off safe.

How do you run aground 2 miles out in the pass? Did the boat hit something before going out 2 miles? I think the driver of the boat didn’t know what he/she was doing?

USS MASSACHUSETTS sinks another fishing boat.

How in the world do you do something so stupid? You got the pass to go through which is very wide. I guess any thing is possible as people keep running into Massachusetts.

Two miles offshore??? Did they hit the Massachusetts? There’s no shallow water two miles out.

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