Well...at least he made it 50 miles!
Anyone in CA know any more about this?
SANTA BARBARA, Calif - Late yesterday afternoon the Coast Guard dispatched a rescue helicopter from Coast Guard Air-Station Los Angeles and an 87-foot Coast Guard Cutter
after receiving a distress call from a solo sailor on a 25 foot sailboat who was transiting from Santa Barbara to Hawaii. In the
radio call for help the sailor indicated he had been awake for 36 hours and was having medical issues. Before the sailor’s position could be determined
radio contact was lost.
Despite losing radio contact the Coast Guard rescue helicopter was able to locate the sailor about
10 nautical miles southwest of Santa Rosa Island. After making contact with the sailor the helicopter crew instructed him to proceed to a designated location to rendezvous with the Cutter
Halibut that was en route from Santa Barbara, about 69 nautical miles away.
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Coast Guard Cutter Halibut medically evacuates sailor attempting to transit from Santa Barbara to Hawaii | Coast Guard News