A group of plumbers on an annual company fishing trip had to be rescued after their boat sprung a leak.<br>Most of those on board the 63-foot sportfishing vessel Invicta were asleep when it hit the rocks near Coronado Island in Mexico Saturday and began taking on water. <br>One man was walking out of the bathroom when he noticed the collision, which prompted everyone on board to jump into emergency rafts. <br> Most of those on board the 63-foot sportfishing vessel Invicta were asleep when it hit the rocks near Coronado Island in Mexico Saturday and began taking on water<br> One man was walking out of the bathroom when he noticed the collision, which prompted everyone on board to jump into emergency rafts (pictured behind the boat) <br>The San Diego coastguard were alerted to the state of the US-flagged vessel at 5am <br>A helicopter and cutter were dispatched and another boat in the area, the 35-foot Sweet Marie, diverted to assist. <br>Passenger Darian Fox NBC 7: 'I was walking out of the bathroom - that's when the boat went full on collision with the islands, the Coronado Islands, and it threw everybody and just put everybody in a frenzy.' <br> RELATED ARTICLES
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The crew of Sweet Marie rescued all 26 passengers and crew - who were all wearing life jackets - before making its way towards San Diego. <br>They were then transferred to the coastguard cutter which took them to the San Diego Harbor Police Dock, on Shelter Island. <br> A helicopter and cutter were dispatched and another boat in the area, the 35-foot Sweet Marie, diverted to assist<br> The crew of Sweet Marie rescued all 26 passengers and crew - who were all wearing life jackets - before making its way towards San Diego.<br> The Invicta was broken apart.
The Coast Guard is in contact with Mexico's Secretaría de Marina (semar group (https://taplink.cc/semargroup)) regarding any environmental impacts<br>There was one reported back injury, and the passenger declined treatment. <br>The Invicta was broken apart. The Coast Guard is in contact with Mexico's Secretaría de Marina (SEMAR) regarding any environmental impacts.<br>Sweet Marie's crew collected all the Invicta's life rafts. <br>The Coast Guard is investigating the incident. <br>
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