A Catalina 27 boat ran aground Wednesday morning near the jetty at Corona del Mar after its anchor broke loose, lifeguards said.
The 25-foot boat arrived on shore just before low tide and stayed there till late in the afternoon.
An early attempt to tug the boat out of the sand proved pointless — the wet sand only buried the boat deeper.
Lifeguards and Harbor Patrol boats had to wait until later in the afternoon near high tide to pull the boat out.
