ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — Search boats from the Clatsop County and Wahkiakum County, Wash., sheriffs offices continued looking in the Columbia River on Monday for a man who fell overboard from a sailboat.
The Clatsop sheriff’s office says 46-year-old Arlie M. Hoefling of Aurora was sailing to Astoria in his 65-foot sailboat “Bad Dog” on Sunday when it was hit by a strong gust of wind. The chair Hoefling was sitting on tore from the deck, and he fell into the water. He was not wearing a life jacket and disappeared from sight.
His three children, ages 13 to 18, dropped the sails and called for help. They are OK.
The Coast Guard searched with a boat from Ilwaco, Wash., and helicopter from Astoria and suspended its search Sunday night.
