V1 occupants were drift fishing when the passenger looked up and noticed they were drifting toward a navigation buoy but the occupants decided they would miss the buoy and continued fishing.  A few seconds later they noticed they were in fact drifting directly toward the buoy, but it was too late for them to take evasive action.  V1 drifted into the buoy, rode up on the side of the buoy, causing the port side of V1 to take on water.  The occupants jumped from the boat as it capsized and swam to the north bank of the river.  The river was flowing at approx. 133,000 cfs at the time of the accident.  Efforts to locate V1 were unsuccessful.
DARDANELLE                    