AMVER ship assists mariners 1,250 miles southeast of Nantucket

BOSTON — Coast Guard crews are coordinating a rescue for a sailing vessel approximately 1,250 miles southeast of Nantucket, Mass., Monday.
Watchstanders from the 1st District Command Center received a distress signal from a personal locator beacon at approximately 8:30 a.m. from the 40-foot sailing vessel Wacawa. Two Canadian mariners are reported to be aboard the vessel.
The mariners were sailing...