RedactedNarrative: Vessel – 1973, 29' Piver Nugget Auxiliary Sailboat w/3 Electric Motors
   
  On 04/11/2017, at about 12:00 p.m., this vessel was anchored in the Samish Bay area on the NE side of Vendovi Island located near Anacortes, WA in Skagit County.
   
  According to Subject, on 04/10/2017, sometime around midnight, he anchored this vessel at the above location.  Subject reported that he used two anchors off his bow, one anchor was placed in the water in the rocks and the other was placed on the shore of Vendovi Island. 
   
  Subject reported that everything was fine until around noon on 04/11/2017, when the anchor attached to the shore failed causing the vessel to drift and hit the rocks.  The vessel immediately began taking on water after hitting the rocks and Subject said that he believed his hull had been breached.  
   
  Subject stated that he jumped off of the vessel and went to the island.  Since it was low tide, he stated that he no longer could swim straight to the shore but had to climb a cliff face.  Subject stated that he kept slipping off the cliff and he kept swimming back and forth from the wreck to the cliff but gave up when he could no longer swim from exhaustion.  
   
  Subject reported that he had been trying to save his boat for about four hours before he started feeling cold and realized that he was not going to be able to save the boat.  That is when he sent out a distress beacon.  He stated that prior to being rescued by the USCG he had been in and out of the water for about four hours.  
   
  1 Injury / 0 Fatalities
  No Apparent Alcohol/Drug Involvement
  The Vessel Damage was estimated at $10,000
  The Operator was wearing a PFD.
  The Operator had a mandatory Boater Education Card.
  