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| San Francisco Bachelor Party rescued after wine-tasting boat sinks | San Francisco Bachelor Party rescued after wine-tasting boat sinks |
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| Revellers aboard a floating wine bar in San Francisco had to be rescued late Friday, after the boat began sinking, threatening to dump an entire bachelor party in the drink. | Revellers aboard a floating wine bar in San Francisco had to be rescued late Friday, after the boat began sinking, threatening to dump an entire bachelor party in the drink. |
| Nearly two dozen people were on the 40ft Neptune – which takes passengers on wine-tasting trips around Alcatraz Island – when it hit a shoal and began taking on water through a 1ft gash. The boat's captain was forced to abandon ship after experiencing difficulty navigating the vessel back to its pier. | Nearly two dozen people were on the 40ft Neptune – which takes passengers on wine-tasting trips around Alcatraz Island – when it hit a shoal and began taking on water through a 1ft gash. The boat's captain was forced to abandon ship after experiencing difficulty navigating the vessel back to its pier. |
| US Coast Guard spokesman Josh Dykman said a rescue team managed to get all 22 passengers and crew-members off the stricken vessel. There were no injuries. KGO-TV reported that amongst the passengers on San Francisco's only "floating wine tasting room" was a bachelor party. | US Coast Guard spokesman Josh Dykman said a rescue team managed to get all 22 passengers and crew-members off the stricken vessel. There were no injuries. KGO-TV reported that amongst the passengers on San Francisco's only "floating wine tasting room" was a bachelor party. |
| "We were only in the boat for maybe about 20 minutes or so," Matthew Rice, the party's guest of honour, told the station. "We were coming around Alcatraz checking it out and all of a sudden it was like boom, just like a big jolt and the next thing we knew the Coast Guard boats came in and got us off." | "We were only in the boat for maybe about 20 minutes or so," Matthew Rice, the party's guest of honour, told the station. "We were coming around Alcatraz checking it out and all of a sudden it was like boom, just like a big jolt and the next thing we knew the Coast Guard boats came in and got us off." |
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