3 rescued from crab boat off Oregon Coast
COOS BAY, Ore. - The Coast Guard rescued three fishermen Wednesday morning from a 39-foot crab boat that ran aground off Cape Arago.
The vessel Robert Henry ran aground approximately 400 yards off Cape Arago.
The Coast Guard received the report from the vessel’s Emergency Indicating Radio Beacon and launched an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station North Bend, Ore., and a 47-foot motor lifeboat crew from Station Coos Bay, Ore.
A fire department crew from Charleston, Ore., also deployed on scene.
The boats were unable to reach the fishermen due to the surrounding rocks. At 3:30 a.m., the helicopter crew hoisted the members on board and transferred them to local EMS on shore.
Coast Guard pollution investigators are en route from Astoria, Ore., to assess the scene for potential pollution and work with the owner to develop a salvage plan.
The Robert Henry is reported to have approximately 4,000 pounds of catch and 400 gallons of fuel on board, the Coast Guard said.
Free crab dinner for the Coast Guard members involved in the rescue! :D
Not going to be easy to salvage there. Hope they opened the hatches to let the Crab out, no sense letting them die. Watch this will give Governor Palpatine an excuse to ban Commercial Crabbing as well.
That is a bummer way to start the crab season.
 @dkgiovenco  Unfortunately, it is also likely that it was a bad way to end it as well.
 @HenryBowman Ya, no kidding.
From the picture posted, it looks like that is Simpson Reef.
Catching crabs on the Oregon coast. That brings back some fond and some not too fond memories.
I wonder if their engine failed as to the cause of the grounding. Hopefully the vessel can be recovered by the owner with minimal cost.