Marin coastal rescue effort reveals dead boater
Authorities are investigating the death of a man found on a boat that crashed along the Marin County coast.
The boat was spotted late Thursday afternoon near Chimney Rock in the Point Reyes National Seashore. Marin County firefighters asked a Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office helicopter crew to reach the boat because of the rocky, inaccessible location, said Sonoma County sheriff’s Deputy Rob Dillion.
The air crew lowered two rescuers by rope and they found the boater in the cabin, Dillion said.
The boater was identified as Matthew Edward Paul, 49, of Half Moon Bay, said Roger Fielding, the Marin County chief deputy coroner.
The U.S. Coast Guard and the National Park Service are leading the investigation, Fielding said. A U.S. Coast Guard spokesperson could not be reached for comment Friday.