OWNER/OPERATOR WAS OPERATING HIS PWC ON LAKE JAMES ON 10/26/2010, WHEN THE VESSEL STARTED TAKING ON WATER.  OPERATER STARTED BACK TO BLACK BEAR ACCESS AREA UNTIL HE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE FROM THE ACCESS AREA AND THE VESSEL BECAME ABOUT 90% SUBMERGED.  A NEARBY VESSEL TOWED OPERATOR AND VESSEL TO THE ACCESS AREA.
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