VESSEL WAS AT CRUISING SPEED IN THE MAIN CHANNEL ON THE LAKE WHEN IT HIT A SUBMeRGED LOG. THE VESSEL STARTED TAKING ON WATER. OPERATOR STATED HE LOOKED BACK AFTER THEY HIT A N SAW A LARGE FLOATING TREE WITH A ROOT WAD. A PASSING VESSELL STOPPED AND THE OPERATOR AND OTHER PERSONS ON BOARD VESSEL ONE GOT ON BOARD THE PASSING VESSELL. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED THERE WAS ABOUT TWO FOOT OF BOW ABOVE THE WATERLINE. WITHIN A FEW MINUTES THE VESSEL WENT BELOW THE WATERLINE IN ABOUT THIRTY TWO FOOT OF WATER. ALCOHOL WAS NOT A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN THIS ACCIDENT.
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