I CONTACTED THIS VESSEL JUST INSIDE STEAMBOAT COVE. THE OPERATOR ADVISED HE WAS TAKING ON WATER AND NEEDED TO GET TO SHORE. I HAD HIM STOP HIS VESSEL AS THERE WAS NO SHORE SPACE IN STEAMBOAT AVAILABLE AND COULDSEE HIS VESSEL WAS SINKING FAST. I TIED A LINE TO THE VESSEL AND TRIED TO TOW HIM TOWARD SHORE. THE VESSEL HAD TOO MUCH WATER IN IT. I HAD ALL THE OCCUPANTS GET ON MY BOAT. BY THEN THE BOAT WAS UNDER AND COMPLETELY SUBMERGED. UPON SALVAGING THE BOAT THERE WAS AN AREA ON THE PORT SIDE KEEL 12 INCHES BY APPROXIMATELY 5 FOOT OF DELAMINATION - COMPLETE HULL FAILURE. UNKNOWN CAUSE AT THIS TIME. OPERATOR DID NOT REPORT HITTING ANYTHING.
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