Boater Rescued After 5 Days Stranded at Sea

The Coast Guard says a man who had been adrift for five days on a storm-damaged catamaran was rescued near the Hawaiian island of Kauai on Sunday. The agency says the man was picked after it received a mayday call late Saturday afternoon. The man reported that a storm destroyed the mast of his 28-foot catamaran five days earlier and that he finally got close enough to land to call for help. He wasn't hurt but was running low on food and water. A Coast Guard air crew spotted him in the ocean, and a boat towed his vessel to shore. A rep recommends boaters have an emergency radio beacon that can connect to satellites. (More Hawaii stories.)