yacht was pummeled by a monster wave off the coast of california. the two were taking part in this around-the-world race, and they're headed back to san francisco, probably much relieved at this point. claudia cowan is live in san francisco with more on this story. >> reporter: hi, jenna, no doubt about that. the 70-foot yacht was on the longest leg of this race sailing from china to the bay area, that's about 5600 miles, when on saturday morning about 400 miles west of the golden gate rough weather stroke, and the 13 crew members were hit by a rogue wave knocking many of them off their feet and damaging the yachts steering system. what you're looking at here is a rescue boat transferring the two injured sailors from the yacht to a coast guard vessel where doctors were standing by. given the rough weather, it was a dicey rescue operation. crews had to scrap plans to use a helicopter to deliver medical teams directly onto the yacht and an airlift of the injured sailors was scuttled as well. in the end, the coast guard