Vessel 1 was drifting approximately seventy-five yards off the shore.  The occupants were swimming.  Operator noticed his boat was taking on water.  Operator started the outboard motor and accelerated in an attempt to create a syphin which would pull the water out of the boat.  The engine "died" shortly after attempting to accelerate.  The boat quickly flooded, swamped and then capsized.  The boat was pullled to the shorline and tied off to a tree.  There was no damage to the hull of the vessel.  The plug was in the boat.  The suspected cause of the swamping was damaged plumbing for the live well.
Findlay