THE OPERATOR WAS MAKING WAY EAST BOUND IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. HIS VESSEL STRUCK A WAVE AND RUPTURED THE HULL. THE VESSEL BEGAN TAKING ON WATER AND SWAMPED APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES DUE WEST OF THE #1 YORK RIVER CHANNEL MARKER. THE OPERATOR WAS RESCUED FROM HIS VESSEL BY A GOOD SAMARITAN.
HAMPTON, WALLACES MARINA