RedactedNarrative: ON 07-29-2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 08:08 PM, I WAS NOTIFIED BY THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD (USCG) THAT A SAILBOAT HAD RUN AGROUND ON LAKE MICHIGAN, SOUTH OF ALGOMA. I WAS OUT OF THE AREA AND UNABLE TO RESPOND AT THE TIME OF THE CALL. ON 08-03-2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:55 PM, I LOCATED THE SAILBOAT WHICH WAS NOW AGROUND NEAR THE RESIDENCE SOUTH OF ALGOMA. I SPOKE WITH THE REGISTERED OWNER, VERBALLY IDENTIFIED AS OPERATOR. OPERATOR STATED HE HAD PURCHASED THE SAILBOAT TWO WEEKS PRIOR IN ILLINOIS AND HAD SAILED IT UP FROM THERE. HE STATED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, HE WAS SAILING BY HIMSELF FROM KEWAUNEE TO STURGEON BAY WITH HIS SAILS UP AND HIS ENGINE RUNNING. A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT HIS SAIL AND SNAPPED HIS FRONT JIB LINE, RENDERING HIS SAILS INOPERABLE. THE BROKEN LINE THEN GOT WRAPPED INTO THE PROPELLER WHICH RENDERED HIS ENGINE INOPERABLE. OPERATOR STATED HE PHONED BOTH THE USCG AND BOAT US BUT NEITHER WERE ABLE TO ASSIST. AT THIS POINT THE SAILBOAT WAS VERY CLOSE TO SHORE SO HE DROPPED ANCHOR, WALKED TO SHORE, AND TIED OF THE SAILBOAT TO A TREE. OPERATOR STATED HE WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANYONE TO REMOVE THE SAILBOAT AT A REASONABLE PRICE. HE STATED THE PROPERTY OWNER AT HWY 42 OFFERED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SAILBOAT IF OPERATOR SIGNED IT OVER TO HIM. OPERATOR STATED THIS WAS HIS INTENTION. I INSTRUCTED OPERATOR TO COMPLETE AND SUBMIT THE BOAT ACCIDENT OPERATOR REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT BY 08-08-2021 AND TO BE SURE THE BOAT WAS REMOVED BY 08-29-2021. 