SUMMARY

Vessel completely submerged in the water except for the very tip of the bow at the North Marina at Willard Bay State Park.


ACTION

I drove over to the boat ramp and ran out to the docks to see if I was able to do anything. I realized that I would not be able to do anything to help these individuals from the dock. The bow was sticking out and the rest of the vessel was completely under water. I went back over to the ranger dock and got the boat with Officer. We went over where the vessel was sinking and we had the individuals that were in the water hook a line to the boat. There was another vessel there that was trying to tow the boat and they were not able to move the vessel at all. We towed them into the boat ramp as far as we could, and then gave them the rope to attach to their trailer and tow it the rest of the way in. They slowly pulled the vessel out of the water. It had so much water inside, the trailer actually bowed and broke where the seams of the welding were. 

DAMAGE

When they pulled the vessel out of the water, there was a hole in the bow, port side, of the vessel that was approximately 15 inches long and 6 inches wide. This hole was in the vessel when they took.  They stated they were buying the boat from subject but that they wanted to try it out a couple of times to make sure that they wanted it. 


INTERVIEW

Operator stated that he took the vessel out on the water and he tried to get it out on a plane and he stated that was when he noticed something was wrong with the boat. He said then they headed back into the marina to get sister and when they got to the buoys of the marina they noticed they were taking on water and he turned the bilge pump on and they started to try to bail the water out. subject and her 11 year old daughter then got off the boat at the docks in the marina and she ran to get the car. operator stated that it just took on to much water and really they couldn't do anything to stop it. The boat sank to the bottom of the marina and just the bow was out of the water.
Willard                       