"     On May 29, 2010, (owner/operator) and subject had beached their boat on the ocean side of St. Catherine's Island to collect drift wood.  The owner contacted SeaTow to ask for assistance to get his boat off the beach.  When SeaTow arrived on scene,  the owner asked SeaTow to pull up to the beach to hand him a tow-line.  SeaTow Capt.  asked the owner to remove all of the driftwood from the front of his vessel.  The owner refused to remove the driftwood that was loaded in the bow.
     Due to incoming tide and waves, SeaTow could not pull up to the beach and offered to try to drift a tow-line towards the beach.  The owner objected to the idea and then with the help of his passenger, tried to pull his boat out into the incoming waves.  With bow weighted down with the driftwood, the bow of the boat dipped down and waves filled the bow with water.  The boat rolled over on its side, dumping the wood and other contents overboard.  The waves then pushed the boat up towards the fallen trees on the beach and filled it with water where it was beached.     SeaTow was not able to retrieve the vessel until the next day."
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