Three men forced to sit on the hull of their capsized boat for 90 minutes waiting to be rescued

Three men were forced to balance on the hull of their boat for 90 minutes after the vessel started to sink five miles east of Charleston, South Carolina.

As the three men were out sailing on Thursday morning at around 7am on their 23-foot boat, choppy sea and violent waves capsized the vessel, leaving the men stranded.

In a scramble, all three men managed to climb onto the hull of the boat so as not to fall into the sea, waiting to be rescued.

The three men balanced on the hull, with barely the boat's propellers poking out of the water in the incident on Thursday morning off the coast of South Carolina 

In total, they remained perched on the overturned boat for an hour and a half.

The three men, who were not identified, only had one life preserver between them. 

'A good Samaritan contacted Coast Guard Sector Charleston watchstanders at 7:27 am' after seeing the men on the overturned hull, a press release form the United States Coast Guard said.

A US Coast Guard search and rescue team shortly arrived and pulled the three men from the water. The photo from the Coast Guard shows the three men crouching and the boat's propeller poking out of the water, with choppy waves surrounding the men.

They then received minor medical attention at the Coast Guard station. None of the three men were seriously hurt.

'This is a prime example of how quickly things can go wrong in a matter of seconds,' said Petty Officer 2nd Class Harry Seibert, the coxswain on the case. 

'It is important mariners check their vessel for all the necessary safety equipment onboard and monitor weather conditions prior to getting on the water,' he added.

The press release confirmed that the owner of the boat would be coordinating with a commercial salvage company in hope of recovering the boat.