OPERATOR WAS DRIVING BOAT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH.  OPERATOR HEARD A THUD FROM THE BACK OF THE BOAT.  THE BOAT STOPPED APPROXIMATELY 10-15 FEET.  OPERATOR SAW WATER COMING INTO THE BOAT IMMEDIATELY.  OPERATOR GRABBED LIFE JACKET AND PUT IT ON BEFORE THE BOAT SANK.  OPERATOR SAID THE BOAT HAD SANK IN LESS THAN THREE MINUTES.  ANOTHER BOATER PICKED UP THE OPERATOR AND BROUGHT HIM BACK TO SHORE.  THE BOAT WAS IN 15 FEET OF WATER.  THERE WERE NO OBSTRUCTIONS NEAR THE BOAT.  THE BOAT IS MADE OF FIBERGLASS.  OPERATOR TOLD ME THE FOLLOWING DAY ABOUT AN INCIDENT THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY HAPPENED WITH THE BOAT.  OPERATOR WAS WASHING THE BOAT AT A CAR WASH.  THE OVERHEAD DOOR FELL ON THE BOAT WHILE THE BOAT WAS ON THE TRAILER.  THE BOAT'S FIBERGLASS BOTTOM CRACKED FROM THE WEIGHT OF THE DOOR PUSHING THE BOAT ON THE TRAILER. OPERATOR DID NOT REALIZE THE BOAT HAD BEEN DAMAGED.  THE CRACKS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE BOAT SPLIT WHILE THE BOAT WAS ON THE WATER CAUSING THE VERY LARGE HOLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE BOAT.
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