VESSEL #1 WAS BEING PADDLED AROUND A BLIND CURVE ON BEAVER CREEK AT FLOOD STAGE. OPERATOR COULD NOT SEE AN OVERHANGING TREE BRANCH UNTIL TOO LATE TO MANEUVER AROUND. OPERATOR GRABBED BRANCH AND VESSEL CAPSIZED. OPERATOR EXITED VESSEL AND SELF RESCUED. VESSEL #1 CONTINUED DOWN STREAM AND WAS NOT RECOVERED. OPERATOR WAS WEARING A PFD. NO INJURIES.
CLARCKSON