Coast Guard rescues sailor in Gulf of Alaska storm

[Nord Sal]

A Coast Guard Helicopter from Sitka responded to an EPIRB signal and rescued a sailor from disabled 33' yacht Ananda approximately 145 miles west of Sitka during a storm in the Gulf of Alaska on Oct 11. The Ananda had suffered rudder damage and was adrift.

Conditions at the scene of the rescue were reported as 70 knot winds, 30 foot seas with darkness approaching.

Hats off to the USCG. Conducting a rescue at sea in these conditions is nothing short of heroic.

https://www.kcaw.org/2021/10/18/coas...west-of-sitka/