Vessel Assist San Diego  

As the busy Sunday for Vessel Assist San Diego was winding down, Captain Reggie Curry was tying the Vessel Assist Boat “San Diego” to the Vessel Assist San Diego Headquarters Pier, when he heard the call come in for a helicopter that had just crashed. As he got underway he located the crash site [...]

Thousands of fish suddenly died and are floated to the surface in Puerto Salinas. Just 40 miles south of San Diego Harbor a tragic finding of literally thousands of fish. Mackerel, Halibut, Sardines, Spotted Bass, and White Sea Bass were all found floating and rotting in the little harbor. There are no [...]

A  40′ Sailboat with two crew on board became disabled 130 nautical miles south of San Diego on their way home from Mexico.  Vessel Assist Shelter Island, with a two man crew, ran down to the little cove  behind Punta Colnett that gave the disabled 40′ sailboat some reprieve from the rough weather.  Once in [...]

Vessel Assist San Diego has stepped up to the plate at this year’s “Relay for Life” in San Marcos California. Relay teams must stay out on the track for the entire 24 hour event to raise money for the fight against Cancer. Robert has taken the challenge one step further by attempting to walk the [...]

What turned out to be the beginning of a fun filled year of boating turned into a nightmare for one boat owner on Friday. Just days after a new motor was installed and the boat launched and placed in a slip for use in San Diego Bay, The boat suddenly and with [...]

Vessel Assist San Diego Pulls Big Boats off each other During Tsunami Waves.
Too many movies show a towering 1000 foot tsunami wave hitting big cities, giving us a false impression of what a tsunami even 2-3 feet can do. The reality is even a 2 to 3 foot tidal wave can wreak havoc on marinas, [...]

30′ Pangas full of illegal aliens and even drugs are hitting the beaches of Southern California. From as far north as Laguna Beach. Smugglers intentionally run these boats onto the beach with no regard for life or the environment. The Panga off Laguna Beach had 2- 250hp Yamaha Outboards that broke off the [...]

Vessel Assist San Diego Starts Massive Debris and Vessel Removal from San Diego Bay.
What looks on the surface to be a vacant closed A-8 anchorage with a few hazard floats on it from the surface is a literal junkyard of sunken and broken boats.  Over the next 8 weeks Vessel Assist San Diego will be [...]

Vessel Assist San Diego Removes 60′ Yacht from Oceanside Beach.
What most people were thinking about on Super Bowl Sunday Morning was who was going to be at the party and who was going to win.  That was the last thing on the minds for the Vessel Assist San Diego Crew.  It all started around midnight [...]

Winds clocked at over 55 knots, water spouts, and heavy rain hit San Diego bay blowing boats aground. Vessel Assist San Diego deployed three salvage teams throughout the bay in efforts to salvage vessels before they broke apart on San Diego beaches and jetties. Captain Tony Olson was the on-water salvage coordinator aboard [...]