5 boaters rescued from sailboat 200 miles off North Carolina coast
MANTEO, N.C. (WTVD) -- The U.S. Coast Guard says it rescued five people from a sailboat after the boat's mast broke about 200 miles off the coast of North Carolina.
The dramatic rescue involved original Pinterest investor Brian Cohen and his family.
A statement from the Coast Guard says watchstanders at a command center in Portsmouth, Virginia, were notified Friday afternoon that the 55-foot catamaran Rain Maker suffered a broken mast in 40 mph winds and 13-foot seas. It occurred about 200 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
The Rain Maker was Cohen's own $2.5 million luxury catamaran that was profiled by Forbes last year.
A helicopter crew was able to hoist all five boaters from the damaged sailboat. The Coast Guard says the boaters were taken to Dare County Regional Airport in Manteo in good condition.
