The vessel had just finished spending an evening on the lake watching the sunset. While driving back to the dock at night the boat hit a submerged rock then was launched off the rock onto another larger boulder. The boat was inoperable and later found to have lost the lower unit and propeller when it was pulled from the water. The vessel operator and passenger called a friend and were towed into a nearby boat ramp. Both operator and passenger suffered minor injuries not requiring hospitalization or medical treatment (sprained thumb, broken tooth). The operator was issued a warning for improper lookout. The operator thought she was traveling along the center of the lake and was really much closer to shore than she had thought. Also of note the lake had recently been lowered two feet and the hazard markers removed for the season.
Danbury                       