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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 we