Divers Recover Body From Sunken Boat

Mary Patenaude had been missing since the vessel sank Sunday afternoon.

By Bob Connors

| Monday, Aug 20, 2012 | Updated 9:17 AM EDT

Coast Guard rescuers have found the body of a Pomfret woman in a boat that sank in Long Island Sound near Fishers Island.

Divers pulled the body of Mary Patenaude from the sunken vessel just before 8 a.m. Monday, according to a spokesperson with the Coast Guard in New Haven.

Patenaude was one of ten people on the 50-foot boat named Priceless that struck Pulpit Rock north of Fisher's Island around 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Nine people and a dog were rescued by nearby boaters. Patenaude was in a cabin below deck when the accident happened, according to witnesses.

The boat was based out of Westerly, Rhode Island.

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