Sailboat washes up on Oregon Coast
NEWPORT, Ore. - A retired physician who lives on his sailboat awoke Friday morning when his boat washed up on the beach in Newport.
The 77 year old from Bellevue, Wash., was treated for hypothermia. His name has not yet been released by police.
Oregon State Parks & Recreation Department will work with the boat's owner for removal from the beach.
Oregon State Police got a call at 8 a.m. of a beached sailboat on the shore near NW 68th Street in Newport.
The boat's owner, a 77-year-old retired physician, was the lone person on board the sailboat that also serves as his residence.
He told police he was sailing along the Oregon coast and went to sleep during the night. He awoke during the early morning hours when the boat came to rest on its side on the beach.
After initially finding himself stuck inside the boat, he was able to get out on his own.
Following an initial medical evaluation at the scene, he was taken by Pac West Ambulance to Pacific Communities Hospital for treatment of hypothermia.