Vessel #1 had taken off from Dam West Boat Access and travelled across the South side of the Lake near the dam.  Operator #1 said that his boat began taking on water, so he turned his bilge pump on.   After a few minutes, his battery started to die, so he used a second battery in the boat to get the motor started again.  The motor started and ran for a couple of minutes then died.  The boat then had no battery power to operate the bilge, start the motor, or operate the trolling motor.  The wind and the waves then pushed the boat towards the dam East of the spillway intake.  The boat stayed pushed up on the rocks where the bottom of it was damaged from colliding with the rocks on shore and under the water.  The passenger could not swim, and was wearing a PFD until he could make it to ground.  No injuries were reported.  

Upon taking the boat out of the water, there were several holes in the fiberglass bottom of the boat.  Water that was inside of the boat exited through these holes.  It is unknown if all of the holes were caused by colliding with rocks, or if any of them were the cause of the boat taking on water.

Carlyle                       