In the early morning on the second day of August 2012, the family and friend decided to go for a fishing trip in their recently purchased boat.  This was the first trip in the 1995, 21' Sprint.  The youngest son was wearing a personal floatation device during the trip.  Alcohol, (beer) was on the boat, but was not opened or consumed yet.  The family was cruising in the boat, leaving Packery channel, and entering the gulf of Mexico.  The waves got bigger as they passed jetties and the operator/ owner  eased off the throttle.  When the boat started to slow down the outboard engine began to stall and turned off.  Operator tried to get the boat started but in a short period of time the boat started to take on water.  Operator also noticed the bilge pump wasn't working either and the back of the boat started to get heavy and sink.  operator instructed his wife, to start putting life jackets on the kids.  Operator then got on the phone and called 911.  He notified Coast Guard of their location and that they were taking on water and needed help.  Within a few minutes from when the boat stalled and Operator called Coast guard the boat had capsized.  Two people were trapped underneath the boat.  wife swam her way out from underneath the boat.  When she got to the surface everyone was swimming except for friend, who soon surfaced and all were swimming and waiting for Coast Guard.  Coast Guard responded with a helicopter and rescue boat.  All occupants except Operator were rescued in the helicopter.  Operator and the rescue swimmer were picked up shortly later by the US coast guard boat.  The 21' Sprint was a total loss with major damage to the fiberglass.
Corpus Christi                