Vicki, an Andrews 70, was surfing downwind in the Santa Barbara to King Harbour Race and spotted the distressed boat and dropped her spinnaker. By making multiple passes past the overturned cat, Vicki was able to throw a line and pull the victims, one at a time, to their boat. While trying to keep the ULDB under control, a formidable task in itself, the rescuing crew brought one victim over the side and the other two were slid up the ramp of the sloped transom. They had been in and out of the water for 25 to 30 minutes. The crew provided the victims with blankets and hot coffee, notified the U.S. Coast Guard of the hazard to navigation, and then contacted a commercial salvage vessel.
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But you can improve your boat's performance with quality racing sails at a price that is truly affordable. Let the professionals at Ullman Sails help move your program to the next level. Chris Dickson from the Oracle Team, Gavin Brady of the Prada Challenge, and Murray Jones representing the Swiss Challenge are in a line up of eight skipper in the inaugural Fremantle Sailing Club International Match Racing Regatta. Other overseas contestants are Italy's Luca Antonini, Xavier Destremau, a Frenchman resident in Denmark, and his brother Sebastien Destremau, who lives in Australia. Two Australians are in the line up, local skippers Simon Sutherland, and Ben Dunstan.