It's great they were the ones to find the boat - they did all the work. A Coast Guard C-130 based in Hawaii was scheduled to continue the search the next day. The VP-1 crew directed a vessel 14 miles north of the skiff to assist in the rescue, reporting that the skiff appeared to have lost its engines. CAC-8 led the rescue craft to the survivors by dropping smokes in the water every three miles to the vessel in distress. An hour later, the motorboat reached the survivors and towed it safely back to Pulusuk Island, thanks to more smokes dropped by the aircraft to guide the way.
Saving lives is an incredible morale-lifter.