RedactedNarrative: According to a Coast Guard report, a vessel carrying three people onboard began to take on water after their main sail snapped.  They lost their electronics and abandoned the boat in a raft after issuing a mayday alert to a merchant vessel that was 5 NM away.  
  
  There were 40-50 knot winds, poor visibility, and 15 ft seas.  The merchant vessel recovered two people alive.  The third disappeared.  He was last seen floating with his head in the water.  It was reported that he had taken his life jacket off to avoid getting caught in the prop wash of the tanker. 
  
  The vessel was left adrift.