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The Coast Guard Sector Anchorage command center received notification on Sunday and instructed the Alitak to activate their EPIRB.
This is a very special milestone for Harwich, which was closed for almost 50 years, having closed during the First World War.
Officials said they received a distress signal from the men on the 39-foot boat around 6:37 a.m. Sunday.
Three search and rescue teams were dispatched and used a personal locator beacon activated by the group to find them.
The family are now speaking out about the ordeal to remind others not to leave the shore without an EPIRB, the life-saving device.
Unable to make contact with his Satphone, he activated his EPIRB so that the SAR chain would be aware of his position and situation.
A Coast Guard official said it was the Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) that helped crews locate the stranded boaters.
Three people were airlifted to hospital as lifeboat crews responded to a distress signal from an emergency locator beacon.
Volunteers from several squadrons met up to conduct drone and emergency beacon location training to help search and rescue efforts.
