The family riding a 22-foot recreational motorboat that hit a ledge and sank off North Haven on Sunday is thankful that one of its members thought to bring an inflatable paddleboard on the excursion.

Of the 11 people on board the boat, five were able to get back to shore using the paddleboard, which one relative ferried back and forth twice, according to Lily Goodale, a seasonal resident of Lincolnville whose husband, Nathaniel Goodale, owns the boat. The other six passengers, along with five dogs who were on board, managed to swim to the island, which officials say was less than 100 feet away from where the damaged vessel was taking on water.

“We are all devastated; however, we are so grateful for the circumstances. Thank God my son insisted on bringing his blow up paddleboard,” Lily

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