Woman Rescued After Sailboat Capsizes In Bay On Long Island

SOUTHAMPTON, NY — A Georgia woman was rescued after her sailboat capsized in Peconic Bay Monday, police said.

According to Southampton Town Police, a call came in at 4:05 p.m. from Barbara Gilman, 56, who said that her Sunfish sailboat had capsized near Robbins Island.

Southampton Town Police patrol units, Southampton marine patrol, the United States Coast Guard, and New York State Police responded, along with the Southampton and North Sea fire departments and the Southampton Volunteer Ambulance, police said.

The U.S. Coast Guard reached Gilman and helped her out of the water, police said. She was taken to an area hospital for treatment of exposure to the cold, police said.