A Coast Guard helicopter, a cutter and a smaller boat were searching the
waters around the islands, 27 miles west of San Francisco, as well as
shoreline areas early Sunday for the missing crew members.
Dozens of boats were registered for the Full Crew Farallones Race, running
from the St. Francis Yacht Club on San Francisco Bay to the islands and
back, about 60 miles around trip, Read said.
Rescuers found the three crew members on or near the shore clinging to rocks,
about 300 feet from where their vessel was breaking up because of the
powerful waves, he said.
They were wearing life vests and cold weather gear – equipment that gave
rescuers hope in the search for the missing.
“There is the possibility that the other four were also in the same kind
of gear,” Read said.
He said he didn’t know if the four missing were the same crew members who were
swept from the boat.
The search was expected to continue through the night, as long as there was a
chance there were survivors, the Coast Guard said.
The names of the eight crew members were not released, and there was no
immediate word on the condition of the three survivors.
Source: AP
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