AT APPROXIMATELY 4:00PM ON JUNE 18TH, operator WAS OPERATING A VESSEL ON LAKE NORMAN WITH 4 PASSENGERS ONBOARD.  DURING THIS TIME A STORM CAME THAT CREATED SWELLS OF AT LEAST 4-6 FEET.  WINDS WERE ESTIMATED UP TO 30 MPH WITH HEAVY RAIN. operator TRIED TO RETURN TO HIS HOME PORT BUT HIS BOAT BECAME SWAMPED BY WAVES AND COULD NOT BILGE THE VESSEL FAST ENOUGH.  operator AND HIS PASSENGERS EXITED THE VESSEL WHILE IT WAS SINKING AND WERE PICKED UP BY VESSELS WHO CAME TO AID THEM.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  HOWEVER, THE VESSEL SANK WITH ALL PROPERTY ON BOARD.
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