Three crew members of a sailboat were found dead and a fourth person was missing after they ran into trouble during a yacht race off the coasts of California and Mexico. Sponsored Links The 37-foot Aegean was participating Saturday in the 125-mile Newport, California to Ensenada, Mexico, yacht race when vessels near the Coronado Islands in Mexico reported seeing debris from the sailboat Saturday morning, Coast Guard Petty Officer Henry Dunphy said. By midafternoon, searchers found the bodies and debris from the Aegean, whose home port is Redondo Beach, Dunphy said. The Coast Guard said it was trying to determine what happened to the boat and doesn't know if it was in some sort of wreck. Dunphy said conditions were fine for sailing, with good visibility and ocean swells measuring 6 foot to 8 foot. The names of the dead were not released pending notification of next of kin. A total of 210 boats were registered in the 65th annual yacht race, according to the Newport Ocean Sailing Association's website. The association's commodore, reached by phone in Ensenada, told the Associated Press that he didn't know the members of the Aegean. "This has never happened in the entire 65 years of the race that I'm aware of," Chuck Iverson said. "We're all shocked by this whole event." The Coronado Islands are four small, largely uninhabited islands about 15 miles south of San Diego. Earlier this month, five sailors died in the waters off Northern California after their 38-foot yacht was hit by waves and capsized during a race. The deadly accident near the Farallon Islands prompted the Coast Guard to temporarily stop races in ocean waters outside San Francisco Bay.
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