ON JULY 4, 2012, VESSEL ONE (V1) WAS OPERATED BY OPERATOR ONE (O1) ON ROY LAKE IN MARSHALL COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA WITH EIGHT PASSENGERS (V1P8) ON BOARD. 

AT APPROXIMATELY 2:45PM, V1 OPERATED BY O1 WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 20-25MPH, HEADING NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHWEST SHORELINE OF ROY LAKE. 

V1 CAME INTO CONTACT WITH LARGE ROCKS APPROXIMATELY 6-8 INCHES BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE WATER 200 YARDS OUT FROM MAIN ISLAND ON ROY LAKE. 

V1 HAD DAMAGE ON THE KEEL PORTION OF THE VESSEL AND HULL DAMAGE AND DENTING WITH MAJOR GOUGING 1/4" TO 1/2" DEEP ON THE PORT SIDE APPROXIMATELY 12 INCHES FROM THE KEEL. 

THE DAMAGE WAS ALSO TO V1'S MOTOR, LOWER UNIT CRACKED, SKAG BROKEN OFF MOTOR AND ALL BLADES BROKE OFF PROPELLER OF MOTOR. 

NO ONE WAS INJURED AND NO LIFEJACKETS WERE USED IN THIS INCIDENT. 

THE 5 OTHER PASSENGERS ON THE VESSEL WERE ALL MINOR CHILDREN BELONGING TO THE OPERATOR AND ANOTHER PASSENGER.
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