Coast Guard towing disabled scallop boat

By Globe Staff

The Coast Guard this morning is towing to shore a 73-foot scallop boat that broke down some 70 miles east of Chatham.

There were five crew members on board the Voyager on Thursday when the boat’s propellers became tangled in a fishing net, according to a Coast Guard press release.

The Coast Guard sent the cutter Tybee and a Falcon jet to help the disabled scalloper, which was drifting in 2- to 3-foot seas. The cutter towed the boat overnight and is approaching Nantucket Sound, where a commercial tug boat will meet the vessel. Crew members were not injured, according to a Coast Guard spokesman.

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