A man clinging to a piling was rescued in Cowichan Bay on Saturday.
Members of the Cowichan Royal Canadian Marine Search Rescue team launched to investigate a report of a capsized vessel and a person in the water in Cowichan Bay.
North of the marinas the crew located an overturned aluminum skiff, but no sign of the missing boater.
They turned towards the PIM docks, the closest point of land, and discovered the missing man clinging to a piling.
He was suffering hypothermia and was quickly transported to an ambulance waiting in Hecate Park.
The capsized boat was recovered and moved to Fisherman’s Wharf.
The volunteers of the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (RCM-SAR) Station 34 are based at the Fisherman’s Wharf in Cowichan Bay, part of the marine search and rescue system within the waters of Saanich Inlet on Southern Vancouver Island.
