The man had been in the water for about four to five hours and was severely hypothermic.
A “severely hypothermic” sailor wearing a yellow life-jacket was rescued after spending several hours in frigid waters between Cortes and Hernando islands.“Without the yellow life-jacket, it is unlikely that responders would have been able to find the missing captain and save his life,” Kiri Westnedge, communications adviser for the Canadian Coast Guard, said Tuesday.
A coast guard inshore rescue boat investigated. The vessel appeared to have been recently occupied but the captain was missing, Westnedge said.
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