The Coast Guard rescued six people from a 20-foot pleasure craft taking on water Tuesday approximately 3 miles northwest of Pensacola Bay in Pensacola, Fla.
Coast Guard Sector Mobile watchstanders received a report at 5:45 p.m. of a 20-foot pleasure craft, Blue Water, taking on water with six people aboard approximately 3 miles northwest of the entrance to Pensacola Bay.
A 45-Foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew from Station Pensacola was launched to respond.
The boatcrew arrived on scene, safely embarked the mariners from the vessel and used a P-6 dewatering pump to get the flooding under control and then towed the vessel to Bayou Chico.
There were no reported medical concerns.
