V1 was stationary fishing along a bluff line when he noticed 2 ski boats operating side by side at a high rate of speed approaching his location.  He advised the 2 boats passed within 50 feet of his boat and another 3rd ski boat followed the first two and also traveled past him.  As the vessels passed, their wakes swamped V1.  Operator advised the waves came over the right rear of V1, he tried to move toward the bow to balance the weight but his efforts were futile.  He grabbed a PFD as V1 sank to the bottom of the lake.  A passerby saw the operator and got him to safety.

*The other vessels were never found.
LOWELL                        