ON 3/22/09 AT APPROX 1300HRS operator LAUNCHED HIS 20FT SUPRA SKI BOAT AT THE PLEASANT HARBOR NORTH RAMP. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THAT TIME WERE 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THE WATER HAD WAVES OF UP TO 6 FOOT. operator HAD 0 EXPERIENCE ON THIS BOAT AS HE HAD JUST BOUGHT IT ON THE 21ST. operator PROCEEDED NORTHBOUND ON LAKE PLEASANT TO ABOUT JACKASS COVE WHEN HE SPEARED A WAVE CAUSING THE BOAT TO FILL WITH WATER AND CAPSIZE. operator AND HIS PASSENGER CLUNG TO THE BOAT UNTIL THEY WERE RESCUED BY A PASSING BOAT. THE SUNK WATERCRAFT WAS RECOVERED BY PLEASANT HARBOR MARINA AND TOWED TO MARINA PROPERTY.
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