He was one of only a handful of sailboats on the bay. Sailing with 1 crew in 18-25, pitched, and got separated from the boat. Tried to catch it, couldn't. Called coasties on VHF 16 from his handheld VHF that he had stowed in his PFD. Took a little ride in the coastie chopper and asked to be dropped off at his boat so that he could right it and sail it home. It was against the coastie regs, so he was taken to port.
Crew was rescued by local harbor patrol. Skipper hitched a ride back out to the boat, righted it, and sailed in.
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