BOSTON—The Coast Guard rescued a sailor off the southern Maine coast as he tried to sail from Portland to Groton, Conn., in stormy seas.
Sixty-eight-year-old Michael Mavor made a radio distress call Thursday afternoon from his sailboat reporting that he was alone and that his vessel had torn sails and disabled engines. Seas were 6 feet, winds more than 20 miles per hour and there were thunderstorms in the area.
The Coast Guard launched a rescue boat and a Falcon jet crew from Cape Cod, but had trouble finding the 30-foot vessel. Rescuers finally pinpointed Mavor's location based on his cell phone signal.
The Coast Guard arrived after 5 p.m. and took the sailboat in tow. It was the third time in 36 hours Mavor needed assistance at sea.
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