Three boaters set out from Bavon Beach in Mathews County on June 18 thinking they’d be on the water for 30 to 45 minutes. But they ended up in the water for several hours after their sailboat capsized close to 2 miles offshore.
Sector Virginia Command Center watchstanders issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast, to which a Good Samaritan responded and rescued the two men from the water after they had abandoned ship due to the fire.