July 4, 2026 — Sea Tow Dispatch Call re: The Triton

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GPS: 30°14.684′N, 88°46.79′W · Member: Jerry Atkerson

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Caller: (Triton)
Vicky: Sea Tow International dispatch
Saff: local Sea Tow captain
Bart: heard in background
0:00 Caller [hold music, inaudible crosstalk in the background].
0:15 Vicky Sea Tow assistance, this is Vicky speaking. How can I help you?
0:18 Caller Hey. We're at the west tip of the horn and our bilge pump stopped working. We're doing—we're sinking, can y'all please come. We have a membership.
0:28 Vicky All right, of course. How far is the water coming up, sir? Can you give me a description? Ankles?
0:35 Unknown [inaudible crosstalk in the background].
0:37 Caller What'd you say?
0:37 Vicky Hello?
0:38 Caller Hey.
0:38 Vicky Is the—yes. How far is the water coming up, sir?
0:43 Caller It's coming up—we're just sinking, I don't know, like we're going down.
0:49 Vicky All right, well let's get you going. Membership number, phone number listed on the account, sir.
0:53 Caller I don't know the phone number, it's—it's either Jerry Atkerson, I think it's Jerry Atkerson. Try that.
0:58 Bart [Bart inaudible in the background].
0:59 Vicky All right.
1:00 Caller I know we have a membership, like guaranteed.
1:00 Bart Warren.
1:03 Caller I don't have the [inaudible] on here, you'll have to call [inaudible]—
1:04 Vicky All right. Unless you have a membership number or anything—it's okay, I'll get you over to the captain. What's the best phone number to reach you at?
1:12 Caller Reach me at two [redacted].
1:17 Vicky All right. And is everybody on board in good health otherwise?
1:20 Caller Yeah. Yeah, everybody's [inaudible].
1:21 Vicky How many—all right. Do you need the United States Coast Guard?
1:25 Bart [Bart inaudible in the background].
1:26 Caller What?
1:27 Vicky Do you need the United States Coast Guard?
1:29 Caller No, we do not need that.
1:30 Bart [Bart inaudible in the background].
1:31 Vicky All right. All right, do you have your current GPS coordinates?
1:35 Bart [inaudible crosstalk in the background].
1:36 Caller Let me go look.
1:41 Vicky If not, I can send you a text message.
1:43 Bart [Bart inaudible in the background].
1:48 Bart [inaudible crosstalk in the background].
1:49 Caller North—all right, here, you ready?
1:52 Vicky Yes sir, I'm available.
1:54 Caller North—
1:54 Bart [Bart inaudible in the background].
1:55 Caller —dot…
2:00 Bart [Bart inaudible in the background].
2:00 Caller 46. 7-2.
2:06 Vicky All right. 46-7-2. All right, you were breaking up a little bit—can you just repeat it one more time to make sure I have it correct?
2:17 Caller Sorry, look—
2:18 Bart [Bart inaudible in the background].
2:19 Caller What [inaudible]—
2:19 Vicky Hello, can you hear me?
2:22 Caller Yeah. What?
2:24 Vicky Sir, you're breaking up. If you need assistance, do you have a VHF radio?
2:28 Caller No, we do not have a VHF radio.
2:31 Vicky All right, well let's try to get you going because you don't have good cell phone reception. Can you verify your coordinates one more time?
2:39 Caller Okay. My coordinates are 30 degrees by 14.684 north. And then west by 88 degrees by 46.79.
2:55 Vicky All right. It looks like you're on Horn Island, correct?
2:57 Caller Yes, we are on Horn Island.
2:57 Vicky Are you on Horn Island?
2:59 Caller Yes.
3:00 Vicky All right. Is the boat sinking, or do you have it aground?
3:02 Caller We are sinking, yes.
3:04 Vicky Is it aground, is the question.
3:06 Caller No, we're not aground. We are in—17 foot of—31 foot of water.
3:11 Bart [Bart inaudible in the background].
3:12 Vicky All right, have to ask—where do you, and what do you want to do? Do you want to be towed back?
3:17 Caller I want to get this boat un-sank and towed back, yes.
3:21 Vicky All right. Where would you like your tow to, sir?
3:24 Caller You can tow it to Ocean Springs [inaudible] or Fort Bayou launch.
3:31 Vicky All right. How many adults and children on board?
3:34 Caller No, there's no children.
3:37 Vicky Sir, is there anybody on board? How many adults, sir? That was the question.
3:43 Bart [Bart inaudible in background].
3:44 Caller Where is it?
3:44 Bart Drop in the [inaudible].
3:47 Vicky Hello, can you hear me?
3:52 Caller [Inaudible] jump in and pull the plug, Bart, while you're going.
3:34 Bart Hold on.
3:58 Vicky Hello, sir?
3:59 Bart Take it outta here.
4:00 Caller How low?
4:01 Bart [Bart inaudible in background].
4:01 Vicky Yep. I just need you to answer these questions so I can get you over to the captain.
4:05 Caller Okay [inaudible]—
4:05 Vicky How many adults on board?
4:07 Caller There is zero adults on board.
4:10 Vicky There's nobody on board the boat?
4:12 Caller No.
4:13 Vicky Okay.
4:13 Caller Nobody here is over the age of 21.
4:18 Vicky Sir, that was not the question. Is there a person—is there a person, a living individual on the boat?
4:32 Caller Hello?
4:33 Vicky Is there a living person, someone breathing on the boat? Is there anybody on the boat?
4:38 Caller Yes. There's lots of people breathing on the boat.
4:40 Vicky All right. How many people, sir?
4:43 Bart [Bart inaudible in background].
4:43 Caller Like seven.
4:43 Bart [Bart inaudible in background].
4:40 Vicky All right. Thank you.
4:45 Bart [Bart inaudible in background].
4:47 Vicky Does everyone have life jackets on or available to them?
4:49 Caller Yes, we have life jackets available.
4:52 Vicky All right. Verify what boat is sinking.
4:56 Caller A Triton 22-foot offshore—22-foot Triton offshore Sea Flight hull.
5:05 Vicky All right. All right. Please hold. I'm transferring you to the local captain now.
5:12 Caller Okay. Thanks.
5:13
Transfer — Vicky to Captain Saff
5:47 Captain This is Captain Saff.
5:47 Vicky Hi Captain Saff. This is Vicky from International. How are you doing today?
5:51 Captain Doing good, how are you?
5:53 Vicky Good good. I apologize ahead of time, I really do. You're going to have a fee for service come up under Jerry.
6:02 Captain Okay.
6:03 Vicky It sounds like a bunch of kids on board, on Horn Island. He's letting me know that his father's a member, but he can't give me any information. And he's saying the boat is sinking. And he's on Horn Island. It's just unfortunate—he's just a kid, it's a lot going on.
6:24 Captain Right.
6:25 Vicky He says there's about—a lot of people on board. He says he thinks about seven. I'm guessing they're all under 18.
6:32 SaCaptainff Okay.
6:32 Vicky And I'm not trying to be rude. He wants you guys to go out there and unpump the boat and then tow it in.
6:39 Captain Do you know what kind—do you know what kind of boat it is?
6:42 Vicky He said a Triton 24-footer, but that's all he can give me.
6:48 Captain Okay. I—yeah, I just actually got off the phone with his grandpa, that I'm guessing is the owner of the boat. And he said that—
6:56 Vicky Is it Jerry?
6:57 Captain Yeah, Jerry. Yeah, he said—
6:59 Vicky Okay.
7:00 Captain I literally—I mean, I just hung up with him. He said that they don't need any help right now, but if something changes they'll call me back.
7:08 Vicky All right.
7:09 Captain I'm guessing that they may have figured it out because that's what he said. He said they're in a panic and their boat won't crank.
7:13 Vicky Yeah. They're in a panic. He's saying the bilge is not keeping up. I asked for Coast Guard. He said no, but he's just really upset on the back end—and, you know, I get it.
7:21 Captain Okay.
7:22 Vicky He just doesn't understand.
7:24 Captain Okay. Do you still have him on the line?
7:27 Vicky Yes, I still have him on the line. And again, I couldn't find—he couldn't give me anything, you know, regarding his grandfather's membership. So it's just under Jerry, fee for service.
7:38 Captain Okay. All right. Yeah, I just talked to—if you wanna, I mean, I'm not—we—we're so tied up right now we can't really do any non-member jobs right now.
7:49 Vicky Is Jerry a member? Did you find out if he was a member or not?
7:53 Captain Yeah, but I'm not sure if it's his boat or what. I'm not sure what's going on with it. Yeah, transfer the kid over, and I'll talk to him, and then I'll call his grandpa back is what I'll do.
8:06 Vicky All right. And did you want me to look up Jerry's membership number or anything like that to see if he's up? I know you guys are swamped.
8:12 Captain You can—find his cell phone number.
8:16 Vicky Yes, sir.
8:22 Captain Anything under phone number.
8:32 Vicky All right. Yep, it's Jerry. Yeah, he's an active member. Hold on.
8:37 Captain What kind of boat do you have on there? Same boat?
8:40 Vicky Yeah, he's one of your members. You have a 22-foot Triton. All right, I'll just—disregard this one. I'm going to send you over an accurate one under this Jerry Atkerson one, okay? He's one of your members. You'll get it in a couple minutes, okay?
8:56 Captain Okay, perfect. All right, and yeah, just transfer the kid over whenever you get a chance.
9:00 Male [Male inaudible in background].
9:00 Vicky All right. Transferring now. Thank you again, Captain.
9:04 Captain All right.
9:04 Vicky Be safe out there. It's crazy. Have a drink.
9:06 Captain Oh, it's wild. All righty, thank you.
9:09 Vicky Thank you.
9:09 Captain Buh-bye.
9:10 Vicky Buh-bye.
9:11
Transfer — Caller reconnects
9:32 Vicky Hello?
9:36 Vicky Hello?
9:38 Vicky Are you there?
9:32 Vicky Are you there?
9:41 Vicky I apologize. I will be disconnecting due to lack of response.