{"id":15082,"date":"2023-07-25T11:07:25","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T15:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/?p=15082"},"modified":"2023-09-05T09:50:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T13:50:06","slug":"eckerd-college-search-and-rescue-boater-dirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/blog\/eckerd-college-search-and-rescue-boater-dirt\/","title":{"rendered":"Eckerd College Search and Rescue aids stranded boater, hits pay dirt"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extraa-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”] [image_with_animation image_url=”15085″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][vc_column_text]Eckerd College students drive a rescue boat into Tampa Bay waters. Photo by Penh Alicandro ’22<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\n

Jarad Mattson, owner of A Tractor Works<\/a>, a landscaping supply company in Pinellas Park, Florida, was motoring a 24-foot sailboat from St. Petersburg to Palmetto one evening in late June. \u201cIt was about 5 p.m. and I had made it most of the way,\u201d he recalls.<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\u201cBut the tide was coming in, and I burned more gas than I thought I would. Then the engine shut off. I ran out of gas. I called all my friends, but no one could make it out there. So I spent the night on the boat.\u201d<\/p>\n

The next day, one of his friends suggested he call Eckerd College \u201cbecause they have a rescue team that could help me. They were there in half an hour, and they had the gas I needed to get home.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen I said I needed the dirt sent to Eckerd College, he said we had just saved him. His boat had run out of gas, so he called EC-SAR [Eckerd College Search and Rescue<\/a>], and they showed up right away. He said he was really thankful for what happened, and that he wanted to have a chance to pay it forward, so he said he would deliver the dirt, and it would be for free.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”16″ bottom_padding=”16″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” el_class=”lg_text” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text]Early the next morning, a white dump truck with Mattson at the wheel rumbled onto the grounds of the farm in St. Petersburg and delivered six cubic yards of fill dirt.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ bottom_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]It will be used, Jensen explains, to build a foundation for a shade structure in the middle of the farm that will serve as an outdoor classroom and meeting space. But first, all that dirt had to be moved to its permanent home. \u201cKenny Bishop, who\u2019s volunteered at the farm for several years, brought in his Bobcat loader and moved all the dirt for us,\u201d she says. \u201cIt was just out of the goodness of his heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the center of this story is EC-SAR, a highly trained group of student volunteers who work closely with the U.S. Coast Guard, 911 Emergency Medical Response and other state and local agencies to answer about 500 maritime distress calls every year. EC-SAR is one of the most unique cocurricular programs available to full-time, degree-seeking Eckerd students. No other educational institution in the U.S. has a program like it.<\/p>\n

The team was founded in 1971 in an effort to provide safety services for the College\u2019s watersports activities. 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Ryan Dilkey \u201998, associate director of the Waterfront Program<\/a> and leader of the EC-SAR Team, says Krista Park \u201922, coordinator of training and operations for EC-SAR, was the staff member who managed Mattson\u2019s rescue.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do a lot of rescues involving a disabled engine or steering or electrical problems,\u201d Dilkey explains. \u201cIn this case, a fuel transfer was completed and we escorted the boat back to shore.\u201d He adds that EC-SAR doesn\u2019t charge for its services, depending instead on alumni support, fundraising, grants, county support, and donations from those who are rescued.<\/p>\n

People like Jarad Mattson.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think this happened for a reason,\u201d Mattson says. \u201cI just wanted to give back in any way possible, and I was so glad I could.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gifts to the Waterfront Program and the EC-SAR Team ensure that students can continue having life-changing experiences on Eckerd\u2019s waterways as they serve those in need. Visit eckerd.edu\/waterfront\/support<\/a> to get involved.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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