PORT AUSTIN – A navigational error caused a 54-foot yacht to run aground on the Port Austin Reef near the Port Austin Lighthouse, prompting a multi-agency response and the rescue of two occupants. According to the Huron County Sheriff’s Office, dispatch received a report around 1:15 p.m. July 1 of a vessel in distress on the reef. Initial reports indicated the yacht was disabled in about three feet of water and was taking on water. Huron County …
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