A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircrew from Air Station Barbers Point locates the adrift 28-foot sailing vessel Hula Hoop 23 miles south of Kauai and vectors in a Coast Guard Station Kauai 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew to take the vessel in tow back to Port Allen Oct. 10, 2015. The mariner aboard the vessel was adrift for five days after losing his mast in a storm and was able to contact the Coast Guard once he'd drifted close enough to land. The mariner can be seen in the video lighting a flare to help the RB-M crew locate him after dark. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Budrejko/Released)
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