4 foreigners stranded in yacht rescued off Bolinao

BOLINAO, Pangasinan – Coast Guard personnel rescued four foreigners from Hong Kong whose Subic-bound yacht encountered engine trouble 77 nautical miles west of Cape Bolinao at dawn Thursday.

Capt. Athelo Ybañez, district commander of Coast Guard-Northern Luzon based in San Fernando, La Union, said his men promptly responded after getting the distress call.

The Coast Guard men were patrolling the waters of La Union on board a vessel of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources when they responded and rescued the foreigners – a Briton, a Korean and two Chinese nationals.

The 55-foot yacht was later towed by a 30-meter long vessel to La Union. – Jennelyn Mondejar