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CHATHAM – The first of two 45-foot Coast Guard rescue vessels has been delivered, and the second vessel could be arriving this summer. But town officials are not giving up on their efforts to convince the agency to reverse course and keep a surf-ready vessel and trained crew in town to handle rescues on the notoriously shallow and dangerous sandbars that impede entry to the town’s Atlantic port.
On Tuesday, Chatham Select Board members agreed to go forward with a campaign seeking the support of other Cape towns in pushing the region’s congressional delegation to advocate for Coast Guard Station Chatham to retain its designation as a surf station, with a vessel and crew capable of operating in large breaking seas on both of the town’s Atlantic inlets.
CHATHAM Chatham has one of the most treacherous harbor entrances on the East Coast. The challenge is not just how to get over the shifting sandbars in breaking surf, but how to rescue those who get mauled in the attempt.
“For most of us, that’s the most dangerous part of the day that hundred yards getting yourself over the bar,” said Nick Muto, a commercial fisherman.
Town officials are concerned about U.S. Coast Guard plans to retire three 42-foot near shore rescue vessels that were built in 2010 specifically to handle the town’s shallow sandbars and breaking waves.