Overview
- Alameda police and firefighters pulled the boater from a partially submerged sailboat near the Encinal Boat Ramp shortly after 7 a.m.
- Medics transported the person to a hospital with injuries described as non-life-threatening.
- Officials said the anchor line failed, sending the vessel drifting into a rock wall and the dock before crews secured it to the ramp.
- The U.S. Coast Guard and Oakland Fire Department were notified and took part in the response, according to Alameda Fire.
- Investigators are working to determine the vessel’s origin and whether any fuel or oil entered the water during the atmospheric river that triggered wind and coastal flood advisories.