Vessel #1, with five persons aboard, was borrowed from the Owner and operated for several hours close to the shoreline.  The Operator had no previous boating experience.  After one of the Occupants went swimming and re-entered the vessel from the transom, the group noticed a large amount of water entering the vessel.  At this point the group piloted Vessel #1to the beach where it was secured with a line (the Owner was notified of this at the time).  The Owner arrived to recover Vessel #1 the following day and found that it had even more water and sand inside.  The Owner re-floated the boat on the following day and anchored Vessel #1 offshore for the evening (he was still trying to get ta private tow back to the Edgewater Launch Ramp to get the boat out of the water).  When the Owner returned the following day (three days after the original water entry) he was unable to locate Vessel #1.  It was discovered that a storm that had come through the area on the evening Vessel #1 was anchored offshore had sunk and/or washed ashore Vessel #1 which was found broken up on the rocks and beach area.  Investigation revealed that Vessel #1 was probably overloaded on the first date that it began to fill with water.
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