ON 7/2/10 AT APPROX. 1330HRS I RESPONDED TO A CALL FROM DISPATCH OF A SINKING HOUSEBOAT AT THE MAIN LAUNCH RAMP IN WAHWEAP. UPON ARRIVAL I OBSERVED A HOUSEBOAT ATTACHED TOT HE DOCK AND PARTYLY UNDER WATER. THE OWNER OF THE VESSEL STATED THAT HE WAS LEAVING THE REFUGE STATION AND A LARGE GUST OF WIND PUSHED HIS BOAT INTO AN NPS PUMPOUT VESSEL. ACCORDING TO operator1 HE DOCKED HIS HOUSEBOAT AND WENT TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION WITH THE PUMPOUT VESSEL AND ASSESS THE DAMAGE. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE FOUND TO THE NPS VESSEL. WHEN operator1 ARRIVED BACK AT HIS HOUSEBOAT IT HAD SANK TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LAUNCH RAMP. operator1 VESSEL ALSO LEAKED APPROX. 2 QUARTS OF OIL INTO LAKE POWELL. THE OIL LEAK WAS CONTAINED AND THE HOUSEBOAT WAS TOWED OUT OF THE LAKE BY ARAMARK. I DOD NOT CITE EITHER PARTY INVOLVED DUE TO THE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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