BOAT OPERATOR-OWNER & BROTHER HAD FINISHED BOW FISHING ON CHEROKEE MARSH AND HEADING BACK TO WARNER BAY. WHEN THE BOAT REACHED THE OUTSIDE (TOWARD LAKE) OF AREA KNOWN AS THE 'SIX PACK' HIGH THEY ENCOUNTERED HIGH WIND & WAVES. A HIGH WAVE CRASHED OVER THE BOAT BOW. THE BOAT BEGAN TO BE WATERFILLED AND EFFORT TO REMOVE WATER FAILED AND THE BOAT SUNK. BOTH GRABBED PFD'S AND FLOATED WITH THE BOAT TO SHORE. NO INJURIES OCCURRED, BOAT WAS NOT DAMAGED, BUT ENGINE WAS LOST, AS WELL AS LIGHTS, GENERATOR, BOW & BOW FISHING EQUIPMENT.
WESTPORT, TOWN OF             