OPERATOR LAUNCHED VESSEL TO PARTICIPATE IN A BASS TOURNAMENT. HE BEGAN MOTORING TO A FISHING LOCATION. WHILE IN ROUTE, WATER BEGAN ENTERING THE VESSEL FROM AN UNKNOWN LOCATION. HE CHANGED COURSE, AND BEGAN LOOKING FOR A BOAT RAMP. THE OPERATOR FOUND LENIOR CITY PARK'S RAMP AND STARTED TOWARD IT. ONCE THERE, HIS VESSEL SANK ON THE RAMP. HE MANAGED TO WINCH THE VESSEL ONTO A TRAILER. UPON INSPECTING THE HULL, THE OPERATOR FOUND A LARGE AREA OF DELAMINATED FIBERGLASS. WATER IS BELIEVED TO ENTER FROM THIS AREA.
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