Thu, 12/31/2020 - 11:00pm
CASTINE — On Friday, December 18, Maine Maritime Academy received a call from the U.S. Coast Guard requesting assistance for FV
Eastern Star, a disabled vessel off of Cape Rosier in Penobscot Bay.
MMA employees Captain Dana Willis, Captain Zander Parker, and Captain Kelly Gunthorpe answered the call quickly. They prepared MMA’s
Addy Rae, a former Coast Guard 41’ UTB, gathered a pump, clothing, and other emergency supplies and headed out around noon to locate and assist the vessel.
The team located
Eastern Star drifting towards Western Island; prior to their arrival, several efforts to anchor and restart the engine were unsuccessful. As