Four crew rescued from disabled sailboat off coast of Nova Scotia

Rescue officials have saved four crew members stranded aboard a storm-battered sailboat in high seas off Nova Scotia Monday night.

Capt. Wayne Jarvis, air co-ordinator with the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Halifax, says the U.K.-registered vessel had been located about 240 nautical miles southeast of Halifax.

HMCS Glace Bay, HMCS Summerside, CCGS Cape Roger, a United States Coast Guard aircraft, a CH-149 Cormorant helicopter and a vessel of interest assisted in the rescue of the 15-metre sailboat.

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The sailboat had been beaten up in the stormy seas, but a tweet from Joint Task Force Atlantic says that the four crew members were safely hoisted into a helicopter by a search and rescue crew and have now been flown back to Halifax.

With files from The Canadian Press