WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard issued the following news release:
GREEN BAY, Wis. - The Coast Guard rescued a man Saturday after his sailboat lost power, capsized and ran aground near Green Island in Lake Michigan.
Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan watchstanders received a mayday call over VHF-FM Channel 16 at 6:08 p.m. from a man aboard a 28-foot sailboat reporting high winds and concerns that his vessel could capsize. The sailboat became disabled after its battery died approximately 11 miles northwest of the Sturgeon Bay Canal.
Watchstanders directed a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Sturgeon Bay to respond and issued an urgent marine information broadcast due...