A man who was thrown from his boat and then spent the night clinging to a buoy for almost seven hours offshore from Morro Rock was spotted by a fisherman and rescued early Saturday morning.

A 29-year-old fisherman was rescued on the Central Coast over the weekend after he was flung from his vessel and clung to an offshore buoy for almost seven hours.

John Gsell told police he was thrown overboard when his boat struck a large object – A fisherman rescued a 29-year-old man clinging to a […]

John Gsell, 29, was boating off Morro Bay last Friday when, around 10 p.m., his vessel struck a large object, according to the Morro Bay Police Department. The impact threw him overboard into 55-degree water.