RedactedNarrative: According to the operator, on may 19, 2013 at around 9:45am, operator was operating from sans souci access area towards plymouth with his wife.  Operator said somewhere near the thoroughfare, he hit a submerged object and noticed the steering on the vessel began to get tough.  Operator continued to make his way towards plymouth.  When he got near the plymouth access area, he realized something had broken and his vessel was taking on water.  Operator tied his boat off and got a couple of water pumps to pump the water out of the bottom of his vessel.  He then loaded it on a trailer at the access area before it sank.  A bracket that attaches the bottom of the rudder strut to the vessel had broken off causing the rudder strut to move releasing the seal where the rudder strut enters the boat.  Once the seal broke, it allowed water to enter the boat.  The rudder was struck all the way to the port side of the vessel causing the propeller to hit it damaging the propeller and rudder.  Operator estimated his damage would be somewhere around $3,000.00.
   
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  Please note the vessel did not sink as the owner/operator was able to get it loaded on the trailer before it had a chance to sink.
  There was no mention by the owner or officer of this report as to the horsepower of the motor on this vessel.  This information is unknown.
NameOfBodyOfWater: ROANOKE RIVER
NearestCityTown: PLYMOUTH