On Monday September 16, 2013 at around 1820 Operator was operating his 19'' Chaparral on Tim''s Ford Lake near Devil''s Step Island headed downstream towards the dam.  As they rounded Point 18 Operator spilled his drink and tried to use a towel to clean it before it got on one of his passengers. Operator wasn''t paying attention and the vessel ran up onto the bank of point 18.  Operator estimated that they were traveling about 25mph at the time.  None of the people on board were injured other than some minor bruises.  The vessel was completely beached on a rock between a small cedar tree and the bank.  The hull of the vessel was cracked on the underside of the vessel in one place and there were also two cracked places near the top of the hull on the starboard side just in front of the windshield. There were also several scratches and scrapes and the anchor light pole was broken and all of the blades on the propeller were damaged.
WINCHESTER