08/13/2012	08-13-12 OAHU, HI Seven rescued after sailboat sinks off Kaena Point staradvisor.com (08-13-12) The USCG rescued 7 people after their yacht sank 29 miles off of Kaena Point early Mon. (08-13). The CG received a mayday call and distress signal from an emergency radio beacon from the 30-ft. Cowabunga. The yacht's captain reported that the sailboat began taking on water at about 12:40 a.m. while sailing to Oahu after a weekend race to Kauai. The Cowabunga was returning to Oahu after participating in Friday's Kauai Channel Race from Kaneohe Yacht Club to Nawiliwili,  sailing director at the Kaneohe Yacht Club. All 7 people on board the Cowabunga abandoned ship and went into the water with life jackets. All were experienced mariners. No one was injured. A 45-ft. response boat from Oahu, 47-ft. motor life boat from Kauai, and the 110-ft. cutter Galveston Island responded along with an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter and C-130 from Barbers Point. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ship Oscar Elton Sette also diverted to assist. The helicopter arrived on scene first, lowered a rescue swimmer with a life raft and lifted four of the mariners into the aircraft at about 1:50 a.m. They were flown to Lihue Airport. The 3 remaining crewmembers waited in the life raft. The motor life boat arrived on scene at about 3:43 a.m. and took them and the rescue swimmer back to Nawiliwili Harbor. Three of the crew members traveled to Oahu and 4 remained on Kauai, where the American Red Cross Hawaii chapter found them hotel rooms, said  the Red Cross' manager of response and preparedness. The Red Cross is working on getting the 4 remaining crew members to Oahu today. http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/165989196.html
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