21-Foot Cuddy Runs Aground In Narrow Bay In Mastic Beach

MASTIC, NY — A 21-foot Cuddy ran aground in Narrow Bay in Mastic Beach early Friday morning, but the four people on board were unharmed, according to the United States Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound.

The boat ran aground at about 12:30 p.m., but the water was so shallow that neither Suffolk County police’s marine bureau or the Mastic Beach Fire Department were able to get to the people on board, Lt. Jennifer Sheehy said.

The water was shallow enough that the people on board were able to disembark the vessel and walked through the marshland to the shore where they ordered an Uber cab to take them home, she said.

The owner of the boat is responsible for removing the boat, according to Sheehy.

Three Jet Skiers were rescued from sandbars near New Old Inlet in three separate incidents over a day last week. In the first incident, a Jet Skier was thrown from the craft and suffered a fractured ankle on June 6. Two people were rescued unharmed a day later on June 7.

At the time local emergency medical services chief Greg Miglino said first responders are seeing a extreme spike in groundings due to the shift of sand.