Two missing boaters found unresponsive

Posted: 07.18.2011 at 11:29 AM Updated: 07.18.2011 at 2:50 PM

CHARLEVOIX -- Two missing boaters in Lake Michigan have been found, but Coast Guard officials say they are unresponsive. They have confirmed the boaters have died.

The two went missing after their sailboat capsized during the Chicago to Mackinac Island race.

The sailboat Wingnuts apparently capsized near the Fox Islands in Northern Lake Michigan overnight.

There were six others on the sailboat.

They were taken to the Coast Guard Station in Charlevoix.

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