Russell Crowe rescued by coast guard during kayak trip

Russell Crowe, the Oscar-winning actor, lost his way kayaking in the waters off New York's Long Island and was picked up by a US Coast Guard boat and ferried to a harbour, telegraph reports.
The 48-year-old actor was kayaking with a friend and launched on Saturday afternoon. As it got dark, the two got lost and eventually headed for shore, beaching their kayaks in Huntington Bay, nearly 10 miles east from where they had set out.
The US Coast Guard was patrolling the area, and heard Crowe call out to them from the shore around 10pm, Swieciki said. The Gladiator actor and his friend, who Swieciki didn't recognize, paddled over to the boat. The Coast Guard officers pulled them up and, along with their kayaks, gave them a ride to Huntington Harbor.
"He just needed a little bit of help, he just got a little lost," Swieciki said. "It wasn't really a rescue, really, more of just giving someone a lift."
Swieicki said no one was injured, and the two men were wearing life vests.
Crowe sent a Twitter message about 1.30am on Sunday thanking the officers, and saying he was out on the water four and a half hours.
Crowe is on Long Island filming a new movie called "Noah" in Oyster Bay. The biblical epic is directed by Darren Aronofsky and scheduled for release in 2014.