OCCUPANTS OF VESSEL ONE WERE LEAVING AN ISLAND WHERE THEY HAD CUT WILLOW BRANCHES FOR THEIR DUCK BLIND. THE VESSEL WAS IMPROPERLY LOADED WHICH CAUSED THE VESSEL TO SWAMP WHEN IT WAS HIT BY TWO LARGE WAVES. THIS VESSEL WAS PROPERLY EQUIPPED WITH THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF PFD'S
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