OWNER/OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 WAS FISHING AS HIS BOAT WAS DRIFTING.  HE NOTICED THE BOAT WAS TAKING ON WATER, THE BOAT BECAME SWAMPED AND THEN OVERTURNED.   ACCORDING TO THE INVESTIGATOR  THE DECK PLATE IN THE SPLASH WELL IN THE STERN WAS NOT SECURED AND THE WAVES CAME IN THE SPLASH WELL AND FILLED THE HULL WITH WATER.  THE VESSEL DRIFTED INTO THE FISH TRAP LOCATED IN THE AREA OF THE WEST WALL IN PT. JUDITH.   WAS ASSISTED BY ANOTHER VESSEL IN THE AREA.
South Kingstown               