BOSTON - Two sailors were rescued from their sailing vessel by the motor vessel Kim Jacob at about 12 p.m. July 27, 2011, approximately 780 miles northeast of Cape Cod, Mass. At approximately 5 p.m. Tuesday, watchstanders at the First U.S. Coast Guard District command center in Boston received a report from a man aboard the Triumph, stating that he and his wife were aboard, the sails were broken, the engine was disabled and the boat was taking on water. They were rescued by the 899-foot motor vessel Kim Jacob, a Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue System member. U.S. Coast Guard audio.
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