GREAT TEXAS 300 CATAMARAN RACE STARTS WITH 2 COAST GUARD RESCUES ON THE 1ST DAY

An Air Station Corpus Christi rescue swimmer is deployed for two rescues in the Gulf of Mexico and audio of a distress call from one of the mariners on VHF-16. U.S. Coast Guard video.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard brought two men to safety Thursday after a sailboat capsized 3 miles offshore and rescued another man who went overboard 11 miles offshore; all were participating in the first leg of the Great Texas 300.