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Couple in Distress
Was coming in from Jeffries Ledge in heavy fog yesterday and met a couple in a 19 foot bowrider about 3 miles inside halfway hump (12 miles off coast). Fog was in and out with visibility from 100 yds to a mile depending on when/where you were. The couple (soaking wet from a wave over the bow) waves me down and tells me they are lost and have only a 1/4 gallon of gas left (5 galons). They are trying to get to Eastman's in Hampton Harbor, but are headed southeast. I handed him a spare 5 gal can and told him to follow me into the Merrimack to fill up.
No compass, no GPS, no charts, no radio, but a lot of luck! It was about 4 PM and I think most boats were already in especially given the thunderstorms that could have been coming our way. Just knowing the situation they were in scared me. I'm glad they made it. The look on the woman's face told me this was not going to happen to her again. Not sure what she did to the guy after they got in.
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