Olympic Sailor Needs Rescuing After Boat Capsizes In Florida

It turns out that even the best of sailors might occasionally need a lifeline.  

Florida's Randy Smyth -- an America's Cup winner, an Olympic gold-medal winner, and a member of the National Sailing Hall of Fame -- had to be rescued by the Coast Guard over the weekend

On Saturday, authorities say Smyth's 20-foot sailboat capsized 12 miles south of Sanibel Island. The accident happened just as he was trying to beat a record he set last year in a race down Florida's Gulf Coast. 

Smyth was rescued and was not injured.


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