V1 WAS FISHING WITH TWO OCCUPANTS ABOARD. ROLLING SEAS CAUSED WATER TO FILL THE VESSEL FROM OVER THE LOW CUT-OUT TRANSOM. V1 OPERATOR NOTICED THE BILGE PUMP WAS NOT OPERATING WHEN HE WENT TO THE STERN TO INVESTIGATE HIS WEIGHT CAUSED THE TRANSOM TO DIP UNDER WATER FILLING THE VESSEL QUICKLY. THE VESSEL CAPSIZED AND THE TWO OCCUPANTS ARE THROWN INTO THE WATER. A NEARBY VESSEL RECOVERS THE SUBJECTS FROM THE WATER WITHIN A FEW MINUTES AFTER CAPSIZING. SEA TOW IS ABLE TO RIGHT THE VESSEL AND TOW BACK TO SHORE. PFD'S WERE NOT USED.
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