Vessel goes down in Gulf of Alaska

[AdamLein]

Four crew were aboard, one was lost, just last night. The CG retrieved the other three. The boat was the Northern Belle out of Seattle.

Fisherman recounts rescue as boat sinks off Alaska

Recordings of the Mayday, along with some CG footage.

"We are going down!" Audio, video tell story of Seattle boat

Chilling stuff.

[AdamLein]

NOAA conditions report (NDBC - Station 46082)

They were looking at 5-foot swells with a period of around 9 seconds, plus 5-foot waves at 5 seconds.

[Architeuthis]

Very sad, Mayday was short but worked.

[AdamLein]

Originally Posted by Architeuthis

Very sad, Mayday was short but worked.

Indeed. And as has been reported in other cases, sounds like the Coasties were calm and professional throughout.

[peptobysmol]

Thank you CG! Condolences to the family of the lost...