SEATTLE -- A Seattle couple in danger of drowning on the high seas was rescued by a cruise ship over the weekend.

Christopher Miller and Brandy Meissner were about 400 miles from Hawaii when bad weather, high winds and powerful waves all threatened to swamp their 38-foot boat.

They deployed their life rafts -- put on survival suits -- and sent out a distress signal.

As the couple huddled together with their two dogs in the middle of the ocean, the Carnival cruise line's Golden Princess appeared and hauled them on board.

"Average waves were 25-feet up to 40-feet… pretty bad for a 38-foot boat," Miller said.

“I knew the signal would go out. I knew someone would come out. I just didn’t know how long it would take or what it would consist of,” Meissner said.

The couple left the mainland two weeks ago to start a commercial fishing business.

They will now be jobless and homeless unless they can find and rescue the boat.