RedactedNarrative: According to a news article and Coast Guard report, a sailing vessel carrying two people onboard encountered heavy weather, disabling the vessel by tearing the sails and causing the two to become hypothermic.  They were rescued 150 NM offshore by the Coast Guard. 
  
  Allegedly, the two were Australians who had purchased the 42-ft boat on Ebay for $10k and were planning to sail from Nantucket, Massachusetts to Australia.