On the evening of april 1, 2013, i received a call from the stanly co sheriff department telling me a boat had sank on lake tillery.  As i arrived at stony mountain access area, which is off lake tillery rd.  I met owner and he began to tell me there were four people on board his boat and that they had been fishing.  Owner stated to me the boat had been operated by his nephew, and that they had been on the water for about two hours before it started having some motor problems and that is when they started back to the access area.  As they were on the way back, they saw the boat was beginning to take on water.  They were able to get in front of the stoney mountain access area before it started to sink.  That is when the four people in the boat had to swim back to the access area.  No one was injured in the accident.
While owner and the other three on board the boat were all struggling with the fact the boat had sunk, they realized how lucky they were to have been able to swim back to the access area.  Now, owner is wanting to get his boat off the bottom of lake tillery to try and find out why it sank.
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There was no mention from the officer of this report what caused the vessel to sink.  This will not be known until the owner of the vessel retrieves it from the bottom of the lake.
ALBEMARLE