On January 30, 2012 at approximately 5:30AM, V-1 was operating southbound on the east side of Gasparilla Island near Boca Grande when the motor died.  The operator was not able to restart the motor and the strong winds pushed V-1 into a rock shoal. All three passengers aboard V-1 jumped off the boat onto the shoal.  V-1 sustained damage to the bottom of the hull due to being repeatedly smashed into the rocks until Sea Tow could recover it.
FORT MYERS                    