VESSEL AND 0CCUPANTS WERE RETURNING TO PORT WHEN THEiR ENGINE BEGAN OPERATING POORLY.  AN ENGINE HATCH WAS OPENED AND REVEALED WATER WAS IN THE BILGE AND COVERING THE ENGINE.  SUBJECTS BAILED BUT COULD NOT KEEP AHEAD OF THE INCOMING WATER.  ENGINE FIANALLY STALLED.  SHORTLY AFTER WHICH THE BOW POINTED UPWARD AND THE VESSEL SANK BACKWARD INTO THE WATER AND ROLLED TO STARBOARD.  ALL SUBJECTS SWAM TO SHORE.
NANJEMOY                      