Coast Guard rescues sailboater after vessel loses power in Lake Michigan

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a boater on Saturday after a 28-foot sailboat lost power and capsized near Green Island, south of the U.S.-Canada border on Lake Michigan. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan received a mayday call via VHF-FM Channel 16 at about 6:08 p.m., with the man reporting high winds and concern the vessel would capsize. Coast Guard Station Sturgeon Bay sent a 45-foot response boat and issued an urgent broadcast, while Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City deployed an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter. Crews arrived around 8 p.m., righted the vessel before it ran aground, and used a rescue swimmer to hoist the boater aboard. Emergency medics met him at Menominee Regional Airport; no water pollution was observed.