A 23 meter explorer yacht titled m/y Clam Chowder with four persons onboard sank 25 nautical miles off the coast from Aguadilla, Puerto Rico on the early morning time of Sunday fifteen December 2019. Clam Chowder sent a distress call on channel sixteen via VHF radio on 05:22 morning time reporting that the yacht was badly sinking, with the bilge pump not being able to keep up with the entering water. With the Coast Guard Sector San Juan receiving the call the yacht additionally reported losing power and listing to starboard at which point the captain ordered the crew to abandon the vessel. The US Coast Guard then sent Borinquen MH-65 Dolphin helicopter and diverted the Coast Guard Cutter Robert Yered WPC-1104 to search for and rescue the boaters, while sending an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast for the sinking. The Coast Guard helicopter eventually rescued the four boaters, transferring them to Air Station Borinquen where they were awaiting Customs and Border Protection and emergency medical personnel. One of the four American boaters was also injured as he cut his fingers during the life raft release.
M/y Clam Chowder was a 2010 Marlow 76 Voyager. Introduced in 2010 and still in production today the Marlow 76 Voyager came as an addition to the range, with the difference that the explorer yacht had a large Portuguese deck forward of the enclosed bridge area.
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