WHILE OPERATING VESSEL ONE, OPERATOR NOTICED HER VESSEL HAD BEGUN TAKING ON SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WATER AND THAT THE BILGE PUMP SEEMED NOT TO BE WORKING. AS A RESULT OPERATOR PULLED THE VESSEL TO THE SHORELINE AND TIED THE BOW TO A TREE PRESENT THERE. THE VESSEL CONTINURED TO TAKE ON MORE WATER DUE TO THE AREA BEING RATHER BUSY WITH OTHER BOAT TRAFFIC SOME OF WHICH GENERATING LARGE ROLLERS THAT WHERE COMING OVER THE SIDES OF VESSEL ONE. WHILE TIED TO THE BANK OPERATOR AND PASSENGER AS WELL AS OTHERS BEGAN TAKING ITEMS OUT OF THE VESSEL WITH HELP FROM ANOTHER VESSEL WHO HAD STOPPED TO RENDER ASSISTANCE. THE VESSEL THAT HAD STOPPED  TO RENDER ASSISTANCE ALSO FLAGGED THE OFFICER'S VESSEL DOWN. OPERATOR STATED THAT SHE HAD JUST GOTTEN HER VESSEL OUT OF THE SHOP WHERE SHE HAD NEW BOOTS  FOR THE DRIVE INSTALLED. NO ALCOHOL WAS INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT AND PFD'S WHERE ONLY USED AFTER THE THE VESSEL WAS IN TROUBLE.
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