2 men pulled from water after sailboat capsizes in Mashpee

Department of Natural Tools staffers rescued two men whose sailboat capsized in Mashpee on Friday afternoon The Mashpee Department of Natural Guidance DNR was dispatched to the vicinity of Gooseberry Island in Popponesset Bay around p m following a statement of a capsized vessel with two men in the water DNR personnel arrived and revealed two men in their s clinging to an overturned sailboat The individuals had been in the water for an estimated to minutes They were right away brought on board and transported to the Ockway Bay boat ramp where Mashpee Fire Department paramedics conducted biological evaluations for cold water exposure Both were wearing life jackets when they were recovered In a declaration DNR wrote This case underscores the continued vulnerability cold water poses to mariners even as air temperatures begin to rise Surface water temperatures in Popponesset Bay remain in the upper s a range where hypothermia can develop rapidly and impair the ability to self-rescue Both individuals were wearing life jackets at the time of the situation which significantly increased their chances of survival and contributed to a triumphant rescue