Port Angeles Coast Guard chopper rescues stranded boaters
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Names of the rescued boaters were unavailable, but reportedly none of them was injured by the grounding, which happened at about 5:30 a.m. Sunday.
The Port Angeles Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew located the disabled Honey Bee and hoisted the four adults and two children on board other vessels at the scene.
The six were then transferred to a 33-foot Coast Guard response boat that took the boaters to Bellingham.
The Coast Guard says a commercial salvage vessel will recover the Honey Bee.
There were no reports of pollution from the grounded sport vessel, the Coast Guard said.
A video of the rescue is available at http://tinyurl.com/2co5wx7.
Matia Island is on the Strait of Georgia, about three miles north of Orcas Island in northeast San Juan County.
The island's entire 145 acres comprise Matia Island State Park.
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