Couple crabbing in Bodega Bay OK after boat capsizes

<p>A couple of crab fishermen capsized in the surf off Bodega Bay Sunday morning, but made it safely to shore following their frigid dip. </p><p>Dispatchers got a call around 8:40 a.m. of two people with potential hypothermia on Doran Beach. </p><p>Coast Guard and Bodega Bay fire units responded the scene, where they found a man and a woman in their 40s cold but otherwise unharmed by their ordeal. </p><p>“A small recreational vessel was hauling in their sport crab pots when it capsized,” said Bob Paulino, boatswain's mate with the U.S. Coast Guard. </p><p>The couple had been in a 15-foot boat tending a crab pot when a wave sent them into the frigid surf, said Capt. Todd Rollings of the Bodega Bay Fire Protection District. </p><p>They couple, who had been wearing their life jackets, made it to shore on their own, where passersby called for help. </p><p>“Some good Samaritans had already given them some blankets,” Rollings said. </p><p>Both were treated and released at the scene.</p><p>— Kevin McCallum</p>