Woman dead after sailboat runs aground between Royston and Union Bay

One of two people aboard a sailboat died when it ran aground Monday afternoon on rocks between Royston and Union Bay.

Emergency personnel search the water around a sailing boat that ran aground Monday afternoon between Royston and Union Bay. A man (right) survived. but RCMP are investigating the death of a woman who was on board.

Emergency personnel search the water around a sailing boat that ran aground Monday afternoon between Royston and Union Bay. A man (right) survived. but RCMP are investigating the death of a woman who was on board.

One of two people aboard a sailboat died when it ran aground on rocks Monday afternoon between Royston and Union Bay, according to a media report.

A man and a woman were reportedly brought to St. Joseph’s General Hospital in Comox. She died,

although the man was reported to be in stable condition.

A Cormorant rescue helicopter from CFB Comox kept searching until it was determined that only two people had been aboard.

Comox Valley Record