▁struck ▁the ▁rocks , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁crew ▁jump ed ▁over ▁the ▁side , ▁grav ely ▁inj uring ▁himself , ▁and ▁others ▁threw ▁out ▁anything ▁to ▁act ▁as ▁life ▁ra ft s . ▁ ▁By ▁now , ▁word ▁of ▁the ▁tra w ler ' s ▁troubles ▁had ▁spread , ▁and ▁the ▁three ▁Bill cl iffe ▁brothers , ▁who ▁had ▁a ▁hotel ▁by ▁the ▁beach , ▁r ushed ▁to ▁the ▁scene ▁and ▁w aded ▁into ▁the ▁sur f ▁and ▁during ▁that ▁night ▁drag ged ▁three ▁of ▁the ▁crew ▁to ▁safety . ▁Up ▁on ▁New por th ▁head , ▁the ▁Coast guard ▁had ▁arrived ▁and ▁was ▁setting ▁up ▁a ▁b ree ches ▁bu oy . ▁With ▁visibility ▁almost ▁at ▁zero ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁bl izz ard , ▁search light s ▁were ▁rig ged . ▁As ▁the ▁b ree ches ▁bu oy ▁was ▁connected ▁to ▁the ▁str icken ▁tra w ler , ▁she ▁l urch ed ▁and ▁rolled ▁onto ▁her ▁side , ▁jam ming ▁all ▁the ▁g ear . ▁By ▁now ▁the ▁rescue ▁hel ic opter ▁had ▁arrived ▁from ▁R N AS ▁C uld rose ▁( H MS ▁Se ah awk ) ▁but ▁could ▁not ▁see ▁what ▁was ▁going ▁on ▁down ▁on ▁the ▁h ulk ▁of ▁the ▁tra w ler ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁sw ir ling ▁bl izz ard . ▁ ▁The ▁Coast guard ▁set ▁up ▁a ▁radio ▁link ▁with ▁the ▁pilot , ▁to ▁guide ▁the ▁hel ic opter , ▁which ▁had ▁to ▁fly ▁backwards ▁over ▁the ▁w reck ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁wind s ▁and ▁the