BRICK, NJ — A man who had been traveling by sailboat with his dog is headed back to his home on the West Coast after his sailboat ran aground on a sandbar on the Brick Township oceanfront, authorities said.
RJ Montanye had taken a ride up to the beach on Wednesday and said he had seen the sailboat approaching the shore.
“As we walked down the path the sailboat eventually ran aground on the sandbar,” he said. Photos he shared with Patch showed the sailboat leaning to one side as it sat on the sandbar, and one showed a man leaving the boat and walking toward shore.
According to public affairs officials with the U.S. Coast Guard, a small boat crew from Station Manasquan Inlet responded to the grounding and ensured there was no fuel spill or other pollution issue.
The Coast Guard official said Brick Township police responded as well, and police told the Coast Guard the owner turned the boat over to the township, and the boat will be destroyed.
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