Tide turns for fireboat in Winthrop

The Winthrop fireboat Sentinel, a 32-foot former U.S. Coast Guard boat whose storied career includes escorting Old Ironsides across Boston Harbor, was the watercraft in need of rescue this time after a freak accident during low tide, the town'™s fire chief said. 'It'™s possible that the boat could be totaled. Its illustrious career has ended in Winthrop ,' Winthrop Fire Chief Paul E. Flanagan told ...