skiff

The first sailing medals of the Games will be awarded in the skiff class.

The frigate seized the pirates given “the unsafe condition of their skiff” and said that some had “injuries of varied severity.”

They also had recovered their skiff, which sustained damage that rendered it non-functional, and said they needed help getting back to Polowat.

They departed on Easter Sunday for Pikelot Atoll, about 115 miles away, in a traditional 20-foot skiff with an outboard motor, the Coast Guard added.

The men, who were experienced mariners in their 40s, set sail on March 31 from Polowat Atoll, an island that is part of the Federated States of Micronesia, in a 20-foot open skiff powered by an outboard motor.