The Coast Guard says one of its helicopters has rescued four people after their 23-foot pleasure boat ran aground near San Juan Island in northwest Washington.

The Coast Guard Cutter Blacktip, an 87-foot Patrol Boat homeported in Channel Islands, is scheduled to search the area for Wood throughout the night. Arriving on the scene at 3:10 p.m., a coast guard helicopter pulled the men from the water and returned them safely to Cape Cod.

The crew of the 54-foot fishing vessel discovered their engine room full of water and sent their last known position via satellite phone and abandoned ship into a life raft.

A rescue swimmer from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City poses with passengers aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk. They were flown back to Cape Cod.

The coast guard sent two aircraft from Cape Cod and diverted several nearby fishing vessels and the coast guard shipEscanaba to assist.