Vessel was travelling into the boils below Watts Bar Dam to fish.  The water started to pull the vessel toward the turbines.  The operator tried to reverse the engine which caused water to come over stern of vessel and killed the moter.  The vessel was pulled into the turbine housing and was beating against the concrete.  Another vessel came into the turbine housing and the occupants of the damaged vessel got onto the second vessel and were transported to the public boat ramp below the dam.  The water released the damaged vessel which floated downstream and was recovered by another vessel.   The vesel is a total loss. The top hull totally separated from the bottom hull
SPRING CITY                   