I RANGER received a phone call from dispatch notifying me of a boat on Sand Hollow that had capsized  I responded to assist RANGER  who was out on the RANGER boat rescuing passengers from 2 boats that had capsized.  The passengers of the boats told RANGER  and I that all of the individuals on both boats were accounted for and were not injured.  I got on the RANGER boat with RANGER  and made a sweep around the lake to see if there were any other stressed boaters.  We did find another boat on the lake that was capsized and all individuals were safe and accounted for.  The occupants did not want to get on our boat to take back to the docks.  They were located in the north east corner of the lake and could touch the bottom.  They did not want their boat to get more damage against the rocks on the dam.  We continued to make our sweep around the lake and did not see anyone else  who needed help.  

RANGER  made arrangements for the 3 boats to be recovered with Rogers Performance Marine (RPM).  They responded with the equipment to safely get the boats out of the water and onto trailers.

While helping withe the recovery efforts I made contact with one of the boat operators was was the operator of a Master Craft X-45.  I had him explain to me what had happened and also fill out a witness statement.  He told me that a micro burst wind storm came through and was blowing his boat toward the north dam and he tried to turn his boat around when big waves came over the nose of his boat.   It became too much for his bilge to handle and his boat began to fill with water and started sinking.   All passengers were able to get life jackets on get off the boat before it became submerged and flipped over.  I gathered  information and took pictures for this report.
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