From the Alaska State Troopers:
Location: Sitka
Type: Search and rescue
On 1/19/15 at 0546 hours, the U.S. Coast Guard asked Alaska State Troopers and Sitka Mountain Rescue to assist in the recovery of four adults from the 80-foot tender F/V Eyak, which had run aground 16 miles south of Sitka. The vessel sustained hull damage and was taking on water. The captain was identified as David Castle, 48, of Sitka. Crewmembers were identified as 29-year-old Anna Zallau, 23-year-old Charles Wlaslewski and 49-year-old Debra Rose, all of Port Alexander. The captain and crew had no flotation devices or survival suits. An Alaska Wildlife Troopers vessel and a Sitka Mountain Rescue vessel with divers responded to the scene and recovered the captain and crew from the sinking vessel at 0755 hours. The vessel flipped and sank shortly after and only a small portion remained above water. No one was injured and all rescued parties refused medical attention. A Good Samaritan vessel is attempting to pull the vessel to a better grounding location.
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No survival suits?????
I hope the state troopers send castle the bill. that guy sinks his boat every few years..
Survival suits? We don't need those have you noticed how warm it is out?
SE is running out of old wore out wooden tenders. Glad everyone got off safely.
I just listened to the report on the radio,which said they had survival suits on and life raft deployed.
This is mis-reported, not a surprise coming from Desk Boss. The crew had in fact donned survival suits and were in a life raft upon rescue. There are pictures on KCAW which confirms this. Thankfully all were rescued.
And to the troll at 5:01 pm - Davey may have stuck the boat on the rocks before but he has never previously sunk the Eyak. Got back playing video games in your Momma's basement you unemployed loser.
The Alaska State Troopers posted this update to their initial press release on the Eyak sinking:
AST and AWT had initially received information that no survival suits/life vests were available to the captain and crew. It was confirmed on 1/20/15 the captain and crew were all wearing survival suits when search vessels arrived. A life raft was also deployed and one crewmember was in it.
It was just a matter of time before something like this happened to Davey. Everyone knows how things were around that boat. Maybe now I won't have to listen to his creepy Chester voice on 16.. however my heart does go out to all the PA hippys that lost there beer. Stay strong my friends.
First off you reporter people are always the least educated on these stories. You give people in the fishing industries bad reputations with your slanderous articles that you plagiarized from other sources.
Mr. Castle has contributed more the infrastructure of Baranof Island and its communities than anyone on this unrespectable site.
Infrastructure of Baranof Island?
I enjoy Deckboss.com or I wouldn't be on the site. The information was presented, then corrected.
lol trolls trolling trolls....although post is at 501pm, so probably was out of work from his 9-5'er
Hey Anonymous Jan. 21 8:55AM. Your anonymous mouth is most definitely writing checks your body can't cash. Stop by F/V Bold Venture and introduce yourself sometime. Douche.
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