LYNN — Two members of the U.S. Coast Guard Boston Sector could be seen on the sea wall by Lynn Shore Drive on Monday morning, monitoring a lobster boat that washed up on the shore.
“We got a call about this boat breaking off of its mooring over at Swampscott,” Petty Officer Lukasz Zielinski said.
Zielinski said the Coast Guard received a call on Saturday morning between 8 and 9 a.m. regarding the lobster boat, named the Catherine N. Arriving on the scene around 10 a.m., they met up with the owner.
“It was low tide so we could, kind of, walk up to the boat and inspect it, investigate,” Zielinski said. “We spoke with the owner, his insurance rep, and that was pretty much it on our end.”
Chief Warrant Officer Brit McKibben said that the Coast Guard has jurisdiction regarding any pollution that occurs due to the boat.
“Once there is no pollution threat, it is kind of outside the Coast Guard’s wheelhouse,” McKibben said. “Our particular office is the Marine Environmental Response department, so we’re here to monitor for pollution.”
McKibben and Zielinski said they came back Monday morning to make sure there was no discharge coming from the boat.
“From there, we just work closely with our responsible party, the owner of the boat, as well as their insurance representatives, and we’re just kind of there to monitor and maintain, make sure things are happening safely,” McKibben said. “We’re fortunate that there isn’t a pollution threat on board, and that at this point it’s just going to be finding the safest way to get (the boat) removed.”
McKibben said it is up to the contractor and insurance company to make that decision, and that they will will make that assessment at low tide.
“We’ll be there to guide and assist as needed,” McKibben said.
Currently, the boat is anchored on Lynn Beach.
