Operator WAS TRANSPORTING HIS BOAT THAT HE RECENTLY PURCHASED FROM FLORIDA TO CONNECTICUT. HE LEFT OUT OF PONCE INLET ON MONDAY MORNING AND HEADED NORTHEAST TOWARD THE GULF STREAM. SOMETIME EARLY ON TUESDAY MORNING HE ENCOUNTERED A STORM OFFSHORE AND ATTEMPTED TO sWItCH POWER FROM SAIL TO ENGINE. HIS ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY AND HIS BATTERIES WERE DEAD. HE COULD NOT START HIS ENGINE SO HE WAS ADRIFT APPROXIMATELY 48 MILES OFFSHORE. DURRING THE STORM HIS MAST SNAPPED OFF AND WAS LOST CAUSING HIM TO HAVE NO MEANS TO CONTROL THE BOAT. HE DRIFTED FOR TWO DAYS AND A TUGBOAT HEARD A DAINT MAYDAY CALL AND RELAYED TO THE USCG. AFTER SOME TIME THE COAST GUARD LOCATED THE VESSEL FLOATING OFFSHORE OF JACKSONVILLE. HE AND HIS VESSEL WERE BROUGHT BACK TO SHORE.
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