V1 WAS AT ANCHOR ON THE OCEANSIDE OF LONG KEY. V1 OPERATOR WAS FISHING AND ATTEMPTED TO RAISE THE ANCHOR. A WAVE CAME OVER THE BOW AND FILLED THE ANCHOR LOCKER THAT WAS OPEN AT THE TIME. THE OPERATOR PICKED UP THE ANCHOR AND THROTTLED FORWARD ATTEMPTING TO LET THE WATER GO OUT THE BACK, BUT ANOTHER WAVE SWAMPED THE BOW AND THEN THE TRANSOM. V1 WAS NOW PARTIALLY SUBMERGED AND THE BATTERIES SHORT-CIRCUITED. V1 OPERATOR INFLATED HIS LIFE JACKET AND CALLED 911. HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO KEEP V1 AFLOAT BY STUFFING THE REST OF THE LIFE JACKETS IN V1. USCG AND FWC RESPONDED AND RESCUED THE OPERATOR. TOW BOAT SALVAGED V1 AND TOWED IT BACK TO THE OUTDOOR RESORT.
DUCK KEY                      