By U.S. Coast Guard Southwest District
LOS ANGELES — The Coast Guard rescued one person after a sailboat ran aground on Santa Rosa Island Thursday afternoon.
At 12:18 p.m., Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach watchstanders received a report over VHF-FM Channel 16 of a grounded 25-foot sailing vessel on Santa Rosa Island. Sector watchstanders coordinated the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station Ventura MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew to respond.
The aircrew embarked the mariner aboard the helicopter and transported them to Camarillo Airport for evaluation by the Ventura County Fire Department personnel. No injuries were reported.
Sector watchstanders later confirmed that the sailboat was removed by a local towing company and transported to Ventura Harbor.
