Against the Rocks

Petty Officer Benjamin Harris, deck hand on the rescue boat, describes how the Coast Guard assisted the crew of the 36-foot ketch Shekinech. The boat, with four people and one dog aboard, was being battered against the rocks May 27 on the south side of Lopez Island, Wash.

As the crew of a 33-foot small response boat from Station Bellingham pulled Shekinech off the rocks, a helicopter crew from Air Station Port Angeles monitored and recorded the scene. No one aboard Shekinech was injured.