On may 29, 2010 at approx 5:00pm a single boat swamping resulting in no injuries and no fatalities occured in lake pontchartrain, just west of the north draw of the causeway. The vessel (vessel 1) was a 20 foot pro-craft v-200c. Vessel 1 was owned and operated by the same person. At the time of the incident vessel 1 had three people on board. Prior to the incident the occupants of vessel one were fishing south at the south draw of the causeway. operator saw approaching bad weather and attempted to return to port and began to head north. As the seas got rough waves came over the bow of the boat and vessel 1 swamped just to the west of the north draw of the causeway. All three persons on board abandoned ship, into the water, wearing type iii pfd's and were rescued from the water by s.t.p.s.o. with out injury. Neither alcohol nor drugs caused or contributed to this incident. operator recovered vessel 1 from lake pontchartrain on the morning of june 2, 2010, and brought it to his home where it was photographed and examined by agent.
Mandeville                    