V1 OPERATOR HAD VESSEL ANCHORED ON THE BEACH JUST INSIDE STUMP PASS, GULF OF MEXICO.  OPERATOR OBSERVES FROM THE BEACH THAT VESSEL WAKES HAD OVER COME HIS TRANSOM AND STERN. OPERATOR AND PASSENGERS BOARDED V1. THE OPERATOR HAD DIFFICULTY TO START ENGINES, BUT EVENTUALLY BOTH WERE STARTED. THE OPERATOR THEN REALIZED THAT V1'S MOTOR TRIM AND BILGE PUMP WOULD NOT OPERATE, SO THE OPERATOR HEADED TOWARDS THE ICW. V1 COULD NOT GET ON PLANE BECAUSE OF THE WEIGHT OF THE WATER IN THE SUB-HULL. THE WATER WENT TO THE STERN. THE BATTERIES SHORTED OUT CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER TO THE BILGE PUMPS. AFTER IDLING TO THE ICW, THE VESSEL'S ENGINES FAILED AND V1 SANK IN 3.5 FEET OF WATER. ALL V1 OCCUPANTS BOARDED ANOTHER VESSEL SAFELY AND THE VESSEL WAS COMMERCIALLY RECOVERED.
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