RedactedNarrative: The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two guests of a Petersburg area fishing lodge Sunday (7/10/22) from the shore of a remote bay after their skiff sank the day before.
  
  The Coast Guard says it found the two in Totem Bay on the southern shore of Kupreanof Island, nearly 30 miles southwest of Petersburg, just after 11:00 a.m. on Sunday.
  
  The two boaters were reported to have left Island Point Lodge on 7/9/22 around 7-8 AM. They were expected back by 6-7PM the same day.
  
  When they had not returned the next morning (7/10/22), fellow guests at the lodge contacted the Coast Guard. There were conflicting reports on the make/model of the vessel but was assumed to be an 18FT aluminum "welded hard top hewescraft" with a Yamaha outboard. The lodge did not know the exact location the boaters were traveling to but stated they could be near Mitchell Point, Moss Island, or Snow Passage.
  
  The Coast Guard sent a 29-foot response boat with a Seattle-based crew that’s deployed in Petersburg this year along with the cutter Elderberry and a Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Sitka.
  
  The crew of the response boat located the two on shore of Totem Bay at 11:13 AM. The boaters stated that their vessel sank near Mitchell Point but they were able to grab an "orange fender" and hold onto it as they swam to shore. The orange fender was used to signal for help and get the attention of response boat who then transported them to Petersburg. Both men were reported to be in stable condition. One had a minor hand injury.
  
  The vessel was not located.