Salvage helicopter retrieves wrecked yacht from Farallones

A salvage chopper retrieved the wreckage of the Low Speed Chase from the Farallon Islands Monday evening, depositing the vessel at the airport in Half Moon Bay. The 38-foot yacht Low Speed Chase was hit by large waves and crashed into rocks during the Full Crew Farallones Race on April 14. One sailor, Marc Kasanin, 46, of Belvedere, was pulled out of the water by rescuers and pronounced dead at ...

Stranded yacht on Farallon Islands removed by salvage crew

A helicopter lifted a wrecked sailboat off one of the Farallon Islands on Monday, 10 days after it was tossed around by rogue waves, killing five crew members. A small helicopter landed on the southeast island of the Farallon chain around 4 p.m. After members of the salvage team rigged the boat, a larger helicopter equipped with a crane lifted the wreckage and brought it to the Half Moon Bay ...

Grounded yacht salvaged from Calif. island

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) The wreckage of a yacht that lost five crew members during a race that turned fatal has been recovered from the rocky island west of San Francisco where it grounded.

Yacht race wreckage found near San Francisco

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) -- The wreckage of a yacht that lost five crew members during a race that turned fatal has been recovered from the rocky island west of San Francisco where it grounded.

Grounded yacht in fatal San Fran race salvaged

The wreckage of a yacht that lost five crew members during a race that turned fatal has been recovered from the rocky island west of San Francisco where it grounded.