The Coast Guard rescued the pair on Wednesday, Oct. 28, the day after they received an emergency beacon alert and launched a rescue mission
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- The U.S. Coast Guard rescued an 86-year-old sailor and his dog about 460 miles off San Diego, more than two months after they disappeared during a voyage
- The pair were last heard from on Aug. 20 after departing Astoria, Ore., for American Samoa aboard the sailboat Willow Wind
- The mariner was reported overdue on Saturday, Oct. 24, before an emergency beacon alert three days later prompted the Coast Guard to locate them
An 86-year-old sailor and his dog were rescued hundreds of miles off the California coast, more than two months after they disappeared during a voyage.
The pair were traveling from Astoria, Ore., about 5,000 miles southwest to Pago Pago, American Samoa, in the South Pacific, aboard their sailboat, Willow Wind, but no one had been in contact with them since Aug. 20, according to a U.S. Coast Guard Southwest District press release…