V1 WAS OPERATING IN THE ANCHORAGE OF COLUMBUS DAY REGATTA. V1 WAS STOPPED APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF HOUR PRIOR OF ACCIDENT. V1 WAS OVER LOADED WITH PEOPLE AND DID NOT HAVE PROPER NUMBER OF LIFE JACKETS. OPERATOR oF V1 WAS TOLD NOT TO OVERLOAD THE VESSEL AND WAS CITED FOR NOT HAVING ENOUGH LIFEJACKES. V1 WAS OPERATING IN THE ANCHORAGE. THE OPERATOR ALLOWED SEVERAL SWIMMERS TO CLIMB ONTO THE VESSEL. DUE TO THE LOW SIDES THE VESSEL TOOK ON WATER. THE VESSEL SWAMPED AND CAPSIZED. THE PEOPLE ON BOARD THE VESSEL WERE PICKED UP BY OTHER VESSELS.
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