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Sailboat Beaches on Oregon Coast

By LaDonna | August 2, 2010 | Newport, OR |

Around 8 a.m. Friday morning, the Oregon State Police received a report of a beached sailboat in Newport. According to the OSP, a 77-year-old retired physician from Bellevue, WA was singlehanding his 38-ft liveaboard sailboat down the coast and, after going below to sleep, his boat ran up on the beach. The sailor was taken to an area hospital to be treated for hypothermia. Salvage operations were scheduled to start today.

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