OCEAN CITY — A Good Samaritan and the Coast Guard rescued a sailor May 10 after the sailboat he was on capsized May 9 about eight miles southeast of Corson’s Inlet.
Rescued was Brian Mann, 57, of Edgartown, Mass.
Mann was discovered in a survival suit, sitting atop his overturned sailboat by the pilot of the Pulp Fishing, a recreational fishing boat.
The Good Samaritan contacted Coast Guard at about 9 a.m. May 10. The Coast Guard launched rescue boat crews from Coast Guard Stations Great Egg and Townsend Inlet.
The rescue crew from Station Great Egg arrived on scene, and took Mann back to their station here to await emergency medical service personnel.
Mann was examined and released by medical personnel at the station.
Mann was aboard his 31-foot sailboat heading from Cape May to Massachusetts when his boat capsized about 6 p.m. May 9.
“Mann was wearing a survival suit and stayed with his boat, which greatly contributed to his survival,” said David Umberger, search and rescue coordinator at Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay in Philadelphia.
Mann is working with salvage crews from Sea Tow to develop a salvage plan for his boat.
