ON APRIL 21, 2012 VESSEL ONE (V1) WAS OPERATED BY OPERATOR ONE (O1) ON WAUBAY LAKE WITH THREE PASSENGERS (P1, P2, P3) ON BOARD. P2 AND P3 WERE WEARING PFD'S. THE WIND WAS BLOWING AT 40MPH AND THERE WERE 4-6 FOOT WAVES ON THE LAKE. V1 WAS UNDERWAY IN ROUGH WATERS AND HAD A WAVE COME OVER THE BOW. THE BOAT FILLED WITH 6" OF WATER. ANOTHER WAVE STRUCK THE BOAT FROM BEHIND AND BROKE THE SPLASH GUARDS ON THE BACK OF THE BOAT, AND SWAMPED THE BOAT. O1 POINTED THE BOAT TOWARDS AN ISLAND 100 YARDS FROM THEIR LOCATION AND WENT FULL POWER TOWARDS IT. WAVES WASHED OVER THE BOAT AND SWEPT SOME FISHING TACKLE AWAY. O1 BEACHED THE SWAMPED BOAT ON THE SHORE OF THE ISLAND. P1, P2, P3 ALL EXITED THE VESSEL.  O1 REMOVED HIS BELONGINGS FROM THE FRONT OF THE BOAT. O1 STOPPED REMOVING THESE ITEMS WHEN THE WAVES BECAME TOO HAZARDOUS. 

P1 CALLED 911 FOR HELP. HURON STATE RADIO NOTIFIED WILDLIFE CONSERVATION OFFICER. WCO WENT TO THE WEBSTER OFFICE TO GET A BOAT FOR RESCUE. WCO WENT TO THE WEBSTER OFFICE AND GOT HIS BOAT ALSO. 

WCO LAUNCHED A BOAT, AND WCO LAUNCHED A SECOND BOAT INTO WAUBAY LAKE AT THE WAUBAY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE BOAT RAMP. WCOS TRAVELLED TO THE ISLAND WHERE THE BOATERS WERE STRANDED. WCO PICKED UP O1, P1, P2, P3. THEY WERE ALL COLD AND WET, BUT UNINJURED. P1 HAD AN OPEN BEER CAN IN HER HAND WHEN ENTERED THE WCO BOAT. WCO TOOK THE CAN FROM HER AND EMPTIED IT. 

WCOS TRANSPORTED O1, P1, P2 AND P3 BACK TO WAUBAY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. AT THE REFUGE O1 ADMITTED TO DRINKING ALCOHOL IN THE MORNING BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. HE SAID THAT HE HAD A BLOODY MARY FOR BREAKFAST, AND A COUPLE OF BEERS IN THE AFTERNOON AROUND LUNCH. O1 DID NOT APPEAR TO BE IMPAIRED. 

WCO TRANSPORTED O1 TO HIS VEHICLE PARKED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF WAUBAY. O1 DROVE HIS VEHICLE BACK AND PICKED UP P1, P2, P3.
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