Pair Plucked From Sailboat CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Coast Guard rescued two people on their sail boat at 11:43 a.m. today approximately 28-miles south-east of Charleston after setting off their emergency positioning indicating radio beacon because of the rough weather. Terence Snyder, 58, and Caryn Melvin, 47, both residents of Black Mountain, N.C., were on the Moonbow, a 39-foot sailing vessel traveling from Wilmington, N.C., to Charleston when they got caught in rough weather and started suffering from sea sickness and exhaustion. Upon receiving the distress call from the pair’s E.P.I.R.B., Coast Guard Sector Charleston search and rescue coordinators requested assistance from Coast Guard Air Facility Charleston to investigate distress signal. Upon arrival, the aircrew hoisted the pair onto the helicopter and transported them back to the air facility. The owner of the vessel is coordinating with commercial salvage to recover the vessel. The sea conditions were 30 knot-winds with sea swells at approximately 11-feet. Pair Plucked From Sailboat CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Coast Guard rescued two people on their sail boat at 11:43 a.m. today approximately 28-miles south-east of Charleston after setting off their emergency positioning indicating radio beacon because of the rough weather. Terence Snyder, 58, and Caryn Melvin, 47, both residents of Black Mountain, N.C., were on the Moonbow, a 39-foot sailing vessel traveling from Wilmington, N.C., to Charleston when they got caught in rough weather and started suffering from sea sickness and exhaustion. Upon receiving the distress call from the pair’s E.P.I.R.B., Coast Guard Sector Charleston search and rescue coordinators requested assistance from Coast Guard Air Facility Charleston to investigate distress signal. Upon arrival, the aircrew hoisted the pair onto the helicopter and transported them back to the air facility. The owner of the vessel is coordinating with commercial salvage to recover the vessel. The sea conditions were 30 knot-winds with sea swells at approximately 11-feet.
