At approximately 1100hrs I received a phone call from subject 1.  He stated that he saw someone fall overboard a sculling shell as it tipped over.  He stated this person was near the Deep Channel buoy 'R2"
self, subject 2 and subject 3, responded aboard Rescue Four.  Upon arriving on scene, we found subject 4 aboard her one-person sculling shell.  She stated she had tipped over due to the wind and waves but was just fine now.  She was now out of the waves and near shore.  She stated she would just paddle to shore.  She stated that  there were two more sculling shells out farther to the north along with a run-about and a two man inflatable kayak.

We proceeded north on Rescue Four to look for the other vessels.  The wind was gusting between 25 to 40mph.  Seas were just building and were 6" at the time.

We came across a sculling shell (labeled vessel 2 in this report), occupied by five individuals.  All individuals stated they were ok and would continue to paddle towards the marina.  This vessel was being followed by a runabout occupied by four individuals.  All individuals in the runabout stated they were ok but informed us that there was another sculling shell occupied by five individuals located to the north of them. 

We proceeded north and found the sculling shell (labeled vessel 1 in this report).  This sculling shell was occupied by five individuals and one dog.  The sculling shell was located over the Goggins Reef Complex in 1 foot of water.  We could not approach closer than 100 yards of the vessel without grounding out on the reef.  We kept an eye on the sculling shell and paralleled their course south back to the marina.

Approximately 10 minutes into following the sculling shell, subject 5 contacted me by cell phone.  subject 5 was aboard the sculling shell we were following and stated they were exhausted and having trouble continuing to the marina.  I told her that we could not get any closer to her; that she could continue on her path and we would parallel their course until we converged or she could turn sideways to the waves and paddle to us.  The waves at this time were about six inches in height as we were over the reef in shallow water.  This was keeping the size of the waves to a minimum. subject 5 turned her vessel towards us and paddled the sculling shell to Rescue Four.  We were in about four feet of water.

As the sculling shell approached it we could hear one individual in the back of the boat begin to panic.  We assured this individual that she would be ok.  We took the sculling shell along side Rescue Four and discussed what they wanted to do.  We took the dog aboard Rescue Four. subject 5 suggested we tow them in.  I stated this was not a good idea as the waves we would cross would become larger than what we were in now.  As we discussed this, the individuals in the shell shifted their weight to one side and the shell capsized sending all five passengers in the water.

We retrieved all five individuals with no injuries and  took them aboard Rescue Four.  We then gathered up all floating personal gear floating in the water.  We then took their sculling shell aboard Rescue Four and begin the trip back to the marina.

At coordinates 40d 46.068 x 112d 12.615 (WGS 84) we came across the stern half of a sculling shell.  It had broken in half  This was the sculling shell labeled "2" in this report.  We did not see the bow half of the shell.  Nor could we see any debris or the runabout that had been following it earlier.

I c subject 6  and asked if he could rush to the marina and confirm that the runabout and all other scullers had returned to the marina safely.  I then called subject 7 at Antelope Island Ranger Base and ask that she get her boat and rangers on standby in case we needed to do a more thorough search for missing persons in the water.

We returned to marina and found all scullers in good shape and accounted for
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