The owner/operator of the 16' driftboat, (manually propelled)  had purchased the 16' rowboat the day before the accident.  Operator said that he had between 10-50 hours of experience with this type of boat.  

He launched the boat on the Green River 1/30/2011 and had two passengers along for a fishing trip.  The level of the Green River was 3600 cfs and is considered a high flow.  

The vessel was being rowed downstream when they approached a log jam.  Operator tried to row back upstream but could not move the vessel with the current and it continued downstream hitting the logjam.  The boat began taking on water and as the passengers moved to the high side of the boat, it flipped violently in the current and threw the occupants out.  Passenger received severe lacerations to the middle finger of his left hand but there were no other injuries and all occupants made it safely to shore.  

The vessel sank, became pinned in logjam and was at total loss.
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