Man and dog rescued after sailboat runs aground near Port Townsend
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. — A man and his dog were rescued from a sailboat by a U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) swimmer near Port Townsend Wednesday morning, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO).
Shortly before 7 a.m., a passerby called 911 to report a man in distress struggling to navigate his sailboat in strong winds near the Larry Scott trail.
The JCSO said the man and his dog were stranded with waves crashing around them after their boat ran aground.
USCG rescue swimmer Petty Officer Austin Welter arrived and successfully led both the man and his dog to safety,” the JCSO said in a Facebook post.
“He was pretty scared, he said obviously his dog did not like the water,” Welter told KOMO News. “It was pretty windy out there – gusting up to about 40 knots. The water was pretty choppy and the boat was getting rocked.”
In a video released by the JCSO, it appeared that the boat’s sail became torn or tangled as the high winds swirled around.
Neither the man nor the dog were injured.
The National Weather Service has issued a Gale Warning and a Small Craft Advisory for Puget Sound and Hood Canal.
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