Kayaker Rescued In Long Island Sound: Police

SOUTHOLD, NY — A man's kayak capsized in the Long Island Sound just off the coast of Southold Saturday, police said.

According to Southold Town Police, the incident took place at 8:42 a.m. just north of McCabe's Beach on North Sea Drive. A mayday call came in on VHF 16 that Jesse Downing, 35, of Cutchogue, was in a yellow kayak that capsized, police said.

Southold Town Police marine units located him grabbing his kayak a half-mile away from shore, police said. The Southold Fire Department launched a small boat at the beach to retrieve Downing and his kayak, police said.

Downing was transported to Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital as a precaution, police said.