Three Rescued Off Asharoken Beach After Sailboat Overturns In The Sound

Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau officers rescued three people from the Long Island Sound after their sailboat overturned this afternoon Sunday July 23, 2017 at approximately 2:15 p.m.

Marine Police Boat

Marine Bureau Officers Keith Walters and Erik Johnson, aboard Marine Bravo, responded to a VHF call for a capsized sailboat with three people in the water in the Long Island Sound, approximately ¾ of a mile off Asharoken Beach. When officers arrived, they pulled the occupants, William Bradford, 58, and his son, Joseph, 24, both of Asharoken, and Brianna Bowlry, 16, aboard their vessel

Officers brought the sailors and their boat to shore. All three sailboat occupants were wearing life jackets and no one was injured.