OPERATOR AND OWNER WAS CRUISING ABOUT 150 YARDS OFF THE SOUTH SHORE LINE OF THE PAMLICO RIVER WITH ANOTHER SUBJECT WHEN HE STRUCK WHAT HE BELIEVES TO BE A 2 BY 8 BY 8 BOARD.  THE OBJECT CAUGHT UNDER THE BOAT AT THE LOWER UNIT AND CAUSED THE BOAT TO TURN WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS A 180 DEGREE TURN AND FLIP AT ABOUT 30 MILES PER HOUR.  THE OPERATOR AND PASSENGER FOUND THEMSELVES UNDER THE WATER UNDER THE BOAT WITH THE MOTOR RUNNING.  THE MOTOR QUIT AND BOTH SUBJECTS CLIMBED ONTO THE OVERTURNED BOAT.  A SAILBOAT IN THE AREA DROPPED ITS SAIL AND MOTORED OVER AND PICKED UP THE TWO MEN ON TOP OF THE BOAT.  NO ALCOHOL WAS INVOLVED.  NO PFDS WERE USED BECAUSE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED TOO FAST.  THE PASSENGER'S DOG DID DROWN IN THE ACCIDENT AND WAS FOUND UNDER THE BOAT THE NEXT DAY. 

WASHINGTON                    