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CHATHAM — The first of two 45-foot U.S. Coast Guard rescue vessels arrived this week at the municipal fish pier. The two vessels will replace smaller boats that were specially built to operate in the surf that breaks hard over the shallow sand bars in Chatham's inlets. Coast Guard spokesman Capt. Eric Bader said the second vessel will arrive in the early summer and that they anticipate a full changeover to the new vessels by the fall.  "We're currently waiting for pier space to become available in Stage Harbor," Bader wrote in an email.  Chatham Select Board members and town officials sta...

CHATHAM — Chatham has one of the most treacherous harbor entrances on the East Coast. The challenge is not just how to get over the shifting sandbars in breaking surf, but how to rescue those who get mauled in the attempt. “For most of us, that’s the most dangerous part of the day — that hundred yards getting yourself over the bar,” said Nick Muto, a commercial fisherman. Town officials are concerned about U.S. Coast Guard plans to retire three 42-foot near shore rescue vessels that were built in 2010 specifically to handle the town’s shallow sandbars and breaking waves.