(FOX 5/KUSI) — After no contact since August, a mariner and his dog were rescued from their sailboat off the San Diego coast, the U.S. Coast Guard Southwest District shared on Friday.
The mariner, an 86-year-old man, and his dog were sailing on their vessel, the Willow Wind, from Astoria, Oregon, to Pago Pago, American Samoa, according to Coast Guard officials. The Coast Guard Pacific Area watchstanders said on Oct. 24, they received a report stating the man was overdue, and that no one had made contact with him since Aug. 20…