Officer met with operator and non injured passenger the day after the accident.  The operator stated the he and two friends were boating on the lake. Operator stated that he had seen a buoy that was laying side ways in the water so operator then went left of the buoy as far as he could to get around.  Operator stated his vessel  ran upon some rocks and that vessel had to be  pulled off the same area by another vessel. Upon inspection of the vessel  a crack was discovered in the hull about one foot long and two inches wide along with some other damage. The vessel was taking on water in the cabin and then draining back into the engine bilge. Officer observed two regulation buoys, one was just sitting in some rocks out in the water, but above the water level. The other was laid over on its side. The shoal of shallow are which the bouys warn of extended well past the buoy that was laid over on its side. Officer observed that the buoy had fallen over ahnd that it had washed /moved inward toward the bank from its normal position.  Officer also noticed at the scene that the water level of the lake had dropped and the water was alot more shallow around the shoal/rocky area do to the water level being down. The drop in water level and one of the warning buoys being out of place and turned over on it's side, created a definate hazard to boaters.
LONDON                        