Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Coast Guard Mobile rescues 2 Destin, Fla. men from sailboat in Gulf | al.com

Coast Guard Mobile rescues 2 Destin, Fla. men from sailboat in Gulf | al.com: "MOBILE, Ala. -- The U.S. Coast Guard in Mobile today responded to an adrift 30-foot sailboat with 2 men aboard, approximately 12 miles south of St. George Island, Fla.

Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a call for help at approximately 8 a.m. from the father of one of the men stating that the sailboat was adrift in rough weather, the Coast Guard said in a news release. Devin Morales and Michael Stupp, both from Destin, Fla., where traveling west out of Yankeetown, Fla., where they encountered rough weather."