Newport-Bermuda Sailors Rescued off Montauk
Suffolk Times: The skippers of a 38’ sailboat who lost their rudder during a 635-mile ocean race and spent 24 hours at sea were rescued off Montauk early Sunday morning [June 17] by the crew of Greenport sportfishing boat Red Baron.
New Jersey residents Jeff MacFarlane and Michael Tolsma, representing Oyster Bay’s Oakcliff Sailing Center in this year’s Cruise Club of America race from Newport, Rhode Island, to Bermuda, were leading their class about 15 hours into the race when their sailboat lost its rudder about 100 miles south of Montauk Point.
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