Operator AND HIS 3 PASSENGERS LEFT THE BOAT RAMP ON HARRIS LAKE IN CHATHAM COUNTY.  HE HEADED DIRECTLY INTO THE WIND.  WATER WAS VERY CHOPPY DUE TO HIGH WINDS.  THE BOW OF THE BOAT WAS BOUNCING SO HE INSTRUCTED THE 3 FEMALE PASSENGERS TO GO TO THE FRONT OF THE BOW WITH INTENTIONS OF KEEPING THE BOW DOWN.  WHEN THE BOW WENT DOWN INTO A WAVE, THE NEXT TIME THE BOW WENT UNDER WATER DUE TO THE EXTRA WEIGHT ON THE FRONT, THEREFORE CAUSING THE VESSEL TO CAPSIZE.  OPERATOR AND ALL PASSENGERS WERE WEARING PFDS AND WERE PICKED UP BY WITNESSES AND TAKEN TO THE RAMP IN WALE COUNTY.  UPON MY ARRIVAL, FIREFIGHTERS FROM APEX FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD ARRIVED AND HAD GOTTEN BOAT TIED OFF IN A COVE STILL UPSIDE DOWN.  THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT MILD HYPOTHERMIA BUT ALL VICTIMS WERE RELEASED WITH NO FURTHER MEDICAL ATTENTION NEEDED.  BOAT WAS RECOVERED BY MYSELF AND A DEPUTY FROM WAKE COUNTY SO.  NO CHARGES WERE FILED.
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