ON 7/3/09 AT APPROX. 1315HRS OPERATOR WAS OEPRATING HIS DECK BOAT JUST NORTH OF THE NO WAKE BUOY LINE NEAR THE CANYON LAKE MARINA. HE WAS TRAVELING APPROX. 10-15MPH WITH 8 PASSENGERS ON HIS VESSEL WHEN A LARGE WAKE BROKE OVER THE BOW AND ACCORDING TO HIM THEY WERE KNEE DEEP IN WATER IMMEDIATLY. HE WAS ABLE TO TURN ON THE BILGE PUMP HOWEVER, WITH THAT AMOUNT OF WATER IT DID NOT HELP. HIS ENGINE STALLED AND HE WAS UNABLE TO GET IT RESTARTED. MOST OF THE PASSENGERS BEGAN TO PANIC. ANOTHER BOAT OFFERED ASSISTANCE BY TRANSFERING ALL PASSENGERS TO HIS BOAT AND SAFELY BRINGING THEM TO THE DOCK AT THE MARINA. GOODSAM THEN WENT BACK TO THE BOAT AND PLACED A TOW LINE ON IT. THE STERN OF THE BOAT WAS COMPLETELY SUBMERGED. GOODSAM ATTEMPTED TO TOW THE BOAT TO THE MARINA, HOWEVER HE MADE IT APPROX 50 YARDS WHEN A SET OF BOAT WAKES STRUCK THE SIDE OF V1 CAPSIZING IT. GOODSAM CONTINUED TO TOW THE CAPSIZED VESSEL BACK TO THE MARINA. AFTER SECURING THE VESSEL AT THE MARINA, GOODSAM ASSISTED RETRIEVING DEBRIS FROM AROUND V1. MARINA STAFF PLACED A HAZARDOUS MATERIALS BOOM AROUND THE BOAT IN CASE OF FUEL OR OIL SPILLAGE. IT DID NOT APPEAR ANY FUEL LEAKED WHILE I WAS ON SCENE. V1 OPERATOR TOLD ME 2 ADULTS AND 1 INFANT WERE SEATED IN THE BOW AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. IT IS RECOMMENDED TO HAVE LIGHT WEIGHT PEOPLE SEATED FORWARD IN A BOAT DUE TO INSTANCES LIKE THIS. NOTHING FURTHER.
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