Vessel owner was rafted with some other boats in the bayou east of Smith's Bridge late Sunday aftrenoon when someone told him his large wooden boat named "Wreckless" was listing.  A 3-inch by 8-inch hole where a step had ripped out caused the nose of the boat to go up and the back of the boat went down enough so that water flowed in through some open windows sinking the boat.

There was nothing reported about how the hole was made. The report indicated that there was rooted wood around the hole which may mean that the hole had been there for awhile. 