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Coast Guard tows stalled URI research boat back into port

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April 28, 2008

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—A research boat for the University of Rhode Island has been towed back into port after it lost power amid six-foot swells in Narragansett Bay.

The 50-foot Cap'n Bert stalled Monday morning just east of Point Judith off South Kingstown.

Coast Guard officials say the two-person crew lowered a quahog dredge to keep the powerless boat from drifting too fast in the swells and 30-knot winds.

A Coast Guard boat towed the research vessel back to land.

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