NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- An 85-foot charter fishing boat with 54 people on board that was stranded offshore Sunday after losing power was safely towed back to shore by the Coast Guard.
The Passtime Princess was out at sea for a typical 10-hour charter Sunday when its captain radioed for help at 5:20 p.m. that the vessel was stalled and inoperable seven miles northwest of Ponce de Leon Inlet.
The boat was disabled for seven hours, before finally being towed in at 9 p.m. by a 47-foot power boat from the Coast Guard station-Ponce de Leon to its Ne Smyrna Beach docking post, Coast Guard Petty Officer Cindy Beckert reported.