OPERATOR OF VESSEL # 1 STATED THATHE WAS RETURNING HOME FROM OCEAN CITY ON THE C AND D CANAL WITH THE AUTO PILOT ENGAGED.  HE SAID HE WAS SITTING DOWN AND EATING WHEN ONE OF THE THREE PASSENGERS STARTED SCREAMING. HE SAID THAT THEN THE VESSEL RAN HARD AGROUND.  DAMAGE OF THE VESSEL WAS UNAVAILABLE AT THE TIME DUE TO THE VESSEL BEING SOO FAR AGROUND AND NOT ABLE TO SEE THE BOTTOM OF THE VESSEL AT THAT TIME.  nO INJURIES WERE INVOLVED.
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