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Rescue crews went into action after receiving a distress beacon signal. The owner's wife told she couldn't get them on the boat's radio.
The Rescue Coordination Centre (RCCNZ) was notified of the incident after a personal locator beacon was activated.
After losing communications due to the bad weather, the pilot activated a personal locator beacon, while he circled a small area.
Once on scene, the Coast Guard boat crew located the capsized vessel with just the bow remaining over the water.
The alarm was raised by other trampers who had a personal locator beacon, as there was not cellphone reception.
Thanks to the EPIRB, Coast Guard rescue crews were able to locate the vessel in distress. No medical concerns were reported.
A hiker used an emergency alert beacon to notify New Hampshire Fish & Game he needed help after suffering a medical incident
One of the hikers injured her foot and could not continue, so the pair set up camp and activated a PLB to send a signal to emergency responders.
A member of the crew activated an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB), which pinged the boat 77 miles southeast of Savannah.
