On 10/1/2011 at approx 1200hrs the boat operator reported he had possibly struck an unmarked hazard while boating on bartlett lake near the no wake buoy line north west of alder cove. Operator had his boat on a trailer when reporting this incident and said it happened at about 1100hrs. He said he was cruising at possibly 60mph and going straight along the no wake buoy line approx 20 yards out. He said the boat stopped abruptly and spun around 180 degrees to the left. He said several people were fishing on boats on the other side of the channel, and none of them looked up to see what happened. He said he was unfamiliar with the lake and thought he must have struck something. He also said neither he nor his passenger were injured, with only a bruise to the passengers right thigh. The bottom of the hull had a large section of the outer fiberglass gone. The damage covered approx 2/3 of the left bottom of the hull, from the center to the left edge. The leading edge of the damage was relatively straight and crack free and ran to the rear edge. I picked up the operator on the sheriff boat and went to the area where he said the incident occurred. He guided me to the accident scene and i used the boats depth finder to determine the bottom type and depth. The depth was relatively level between approx 53 to 55 feet as we ran north west approx 15 to 25 yards from the no wake buoy line. We ran through the area 4 times and found the same thing, with no shallow areas. No further information.
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