On Sunday, April 3, 2011, I Officer responded to an accident without injuries on Chickamauga Lake, and upon arrival at Booker T. Washington State Park an individual with Hamilton county Rescue Squad claimed a 24'' sailboat has sunk and the owner is at Privateer Yacht Club.  After talking with the owner / operator, the cause of the accident seemed to be an unexpected heavy gust of wind that caught the operator off-guard.  The operator claimed within his written statement, "the gust occured and I steered closer to the wind. Despite attempts to react we were unable to keep the boat upright. Apparently the gust shifted and increased in force and pushed the boat over."   This all occured in Hamilton County on Chickamauga Lake.
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