Marine Patrol Secures Wayward Sailboat

A King County Marine Patrol crew secured a drifting sailboat on Lake Washington during Tuesday morning's windstorm, then towed it to safety, reports Paula Miller, who lives near Champagne Point in Kirkland and tipped Patch to the incident.

Miller said she and her husband communicated with the marine patrol and were told an elderly man was aboard the apparently ill-equipped sailboat and had trouble keeping the anchor set during the storm.

It appears to have drifted across the lake with the southwesterly blow until it neared shore just west of Juanita Bay and the patrol arrived.

Kirkland Patch thanks Paula Miller for sending the attached photo of the rescue!