VESSEL ONE WAS CROSSING MAIN CHANNEL WHEN THE WIND STARTED PICKING UP AND THE WAVES STARTED TO INCREASE IN SIze. THE WAVES WHERE DUMPING WATER OVER THE VESSEL AND SIDES OF VESSEL. TRAVELING AT A VERY LOW SPEED DUE TO WATER CONDITIONS, THE BILGE PUMP WAS RUNNING BUT WATER JUST KEPT COMING IN WITH GREATER VOLUME AND FREQUENCY. ADULTS ON BOARD DIPPED WATER OUT WITH WHATEVER THEY COULD FIND BUT WATER KEPT POOLING UP. WATER GOT INTO THE ENGINE AND KILLED IT. WITHIN A MINUTE OR TWO THE BACK END STARTED SINKING, PUTTING ALL OF THE PASSENGERS INTO THE WATER. THE CHILDREN HAD ONE ADULT WHO WASNT A STRONG SWIMMER HAD LIFE JACKETS ON AND THE OTHER ADULTS HAD NO LIFE JACKETS ON. NO INJURiES. OWNER/OPERATOR REPORT.
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