Owner and wife left ramp at south end of Obey River Campground in their vessel (OH 7407 MB) . As operator accelerated, he heard a loud noise at the stern of the vessel. Shortly after that he and his passenger (wife) noticed water being taken on quickly .  operator continued towards the shore and eventually the engine failed . His passenger attempted to move the battery above water in an attempt to restart the motor and shortly after this movement the water shifted within the vessel ,possibly causing the vessel to overturn.  Subject were both thrown into the water and stayed with the boat , pulling it to within 50 yards of the shoreline .  The vessel was pulled from the water a couple of hours later and taken by the tow service to an unknown (at this time) location.
CARYVILLE                     