ON 8/24/13, AT APPROXIMATELY 1845 HRS, operator WAS OPERATING HIS 1997 MOOMBA SKI BOAT ON LAKE GASTON.  AS operator WAS TOWING TWO SUBJECTS ON A TUBE, HE STRUCK A STUMP THAT WAS SUBMERGED UNDERNEATH THE WATERLINE.  THE STUMP TORE A HOLE IN THE FIBERGLASS HULL APPROXIMATELY 4 FEET LONG BY 2 INCHES WIDE ON THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE HULL.  THE AREA HAD BEEN MARKED BY A BUOY, BUT THE BUOY HAD BROKEN LOOSE AND DRIFTED TO THE SHORELINE. 

THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED WITH THIS INCIDENT.
LITTLETON