Coastguard Videos, Reports, and Responses to Mariners

Destroyed Hatteras a mystery with few clues

The large pieces of debris were all that remained of a 50-foot Hatteras discovered off the Florida-Georgia coast.

The catastrophic breakup of a 50-foot Hatteras off the Florida-Georgia coast and the presumed loss of its four crewmembers has left investigators puzzling over what happened to the yacht, the identity of its captain — known only as “Larry” — and why the EPIRB activated three days after the discovery of the wreckage.

Survival guide for cold water

Self-help strategies can keep you alive until rescuers arrive.

The brutal facts are these: Without a life jacket, you’ll be lucky to survive 10 minutes in cold water. With a life jacket, you can survive for more than an hour before hypothermia sets in.

How the body responds

Cold water survival

Cold shock (zero to 2 minutes): gasp reflex, uncontrolled breathing, hyperventilation, rapid heart rate.

Bounty’s final hours: a ‘haze of war’

A Coast Guard hearing on the sinking of the Bounty convenes in February. The investigation into the sinking of the tall ship Bounty during Hurricane Sandy is far from complete, but documents obtained by Soundings shed some light on her night-long struggle to survive against overwhelming odds.

Hearings convene

The Coast Guard convenes a formal hearing into the sinking of the Bounty Feb. 12-21 at the Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel and Waterfront Conference Center in Portsmouth, Va.

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