CRANSTON — A 22-foot sailboat with four people aboard overturned in the Providence River early Sunday afternoon but fortunately the warm sunny weather caused several boaters to be on the water at the same time and they rushed to help.

The Coast Guard launched a rescue vessel from the Castle Hill Station in Newport. The state Department of Environmental Management deployed a vessel and the Cranston Fire Department also sent a rescue. Also, according to Coast Guard Lt. Chris Harold, “There were numerous good Samaritans on the scene.” One person was taken ashore near the Rhode Island Yacht Club to be checked for hypothermia, Lt. Harold said. But the other three remained offshore to right their vessel and sail it back to port. No one was injured.