WHILE DRIFTING AND FISHING OPERATOR HEARD THE BILGE PUMP ENGAGE AND THE VESSEL BEGAN TO TAKE ON WATER.  VESSEL HAD NOT BEEN OPERATING ON PLANE OR AT ANY SPEED FOR OVER AN HOUR. OPERATOR DENIED HITTING ANYTHING OR GROUNDING PREVIOUS TO THIS EPISODE.  OPERATOR STATED THAT THE BOAT WAS HAVING SOME HULL ISSUES AND MAY HAVE BEGUN TO LEAK.  VESSEL WAS BROUGHT TO SHORE UNDER POWER WHERE IT TOOK ON WATER AT A RATE FASTER THAN THE BILGE COULD REMOVE.  NO OBVIOUS DAMAGE.
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