ACCORDING TO WITNESS THE VESSEL HAD BEEN ANCHORED IN COCKTAIL COVE FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THE TWO PASSENGERS WERE ON ANOTHER BOAT WHEN THEY SWAM BACK TO THEIR BOAT. AFTER SOME TIME WENT BY THEY NOTICED WATER INSIDE THE VESSEL. THE VESSEL FILLED WITH WATER AND STARTED SINKING TO THE WATER LINE. BOTH OCCUPANTS JUMPED OFF INTO THE WATER. THE FEMALE SWAM TO ANOTHER BOAT. THE MALE CLIMBED BACK ABOARD TO RETRIEVE A COOLER WHEN THE HULL ROTATED TOWARDS THE SURFACE. THE MALE OCCUPANT WAS SWIMMING IN THE WATER WITH THE COOLER WHEN WE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE. THE VESSEL WAS COMPLETELY UNDER WATER EXCEPT FOR THE BOTTOM HULL PORTION OF THE BOW. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED AND THE OCCUPANTS WERE EXTREMELY INTOXICATED. THE VESSEL IS DESIGNED WITH TWO SCUPPER OPENINGS IN THE STERN AND PLUGS ARE TO BE USED WHEN ANCHORED. WATER WAS ENTERING THE VESSEL THROUGHOUT THE DAY FROM WAVE ACTION AND TEH ADDITIONAL WEIGHT OF THE OCCUPANTS ASSISTED IN VESSEL SINKING.
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