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Sailboat crew rescued 100+ miles off Virginia Beach

by Meg Walburn Viviano / Chesapeake Bay Magazine 22 Feb 2019 04:08 AEDT
Sailboat crew rescued 100 miles off Virginia Beach © Andrew Kendrick / U.S. Coast Guard District 5 PADET Baltimore

A U.S. Navy destroyer came to the rescue of a disabled sailboat stranded some 110 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach.

The destroyer heard the VHF radio distress call Thursday night, from 32-foot Kerie Elite C'est La Vie, and came to help. The tiller for the sailboat's rudder had snapped, while traveling from Sheepshead Bay, New York, destined for St. Croix.

Because the two sailboaters on board weren't in distress, the Navy crew called the Coast Guard and waited nearby overnight. USCG Cutter Reliance got to the scene Friday morning, and began to tow C'est La Vie close to Cape Henry, where they would meet a commercial tow boat to go the rest of the way to shore.

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