Initial Incident:

On June 13, 2009 at approximately 14:00 hours Park Manager and I went out on the Deer Creek State Park Boston Whaler to do a safety patrol for the Utah Summer Games Sail Boat Regatta.   PM and I were located in Rainbow Bay watching the sail boaters when we noticed some dark clouds to the south west of us. We also noticed the wind starting to pick up. Suddenly a huge gust of wind blew andPM and I noticed two sail boaters capsize. We drove over to the capsized boaters and  asked the sailers if they needed any help. They were close to the shore so they let the wind blow them ashore. I called Wasatch County Dispatch and asked them to put an ambulance on stand by. After we talked to the sailers and dispatch I looked behind me where a majority of the sailers were located and noticed that they all started capsizing one by one.  That is when the micro-burst hit, winds were producing three to five foot waves, the rain was coming down very hard and there was thunder and lighting. PM took over the controls on the boat and we went from capsized boat to capsized boat picking up persons in the water.

I called dispatch and informed them  that we would need an ambulance at Rainbow Bay and to call out Wasatch County Search and Rescue, I also asked for any other parks to respond to help.PM and I picked up two people and dropped them off at Rainbow Bay where the ambulance was waiting. These people were treated for Hypothermia and then released on scene. PM and I went back out on the lake and then rescued ten more people and dropped those people off at the Island, where another ambulance was waiting.

Assistant Park Manager  and Maintenance worker went out on the other Boston Whaler and collected six people from the water and dropped four off at Rainbow Bay and two off at the Island.

A report was given that a fisherman collected one person from the water and dropped them off at the Main, that report was never confirmed.

Wasatch County Search and Rescue collected one person from the water. 

All persons in the Sailboat Regatta were accounted for.

After all persons were accounted for Park Ra , PM, and myself helped with several boat recoveries.  

All boats were recovered. Damage on boats ranged from none to major.

Injuries incurred:

One person got stitches, on person had a nose injury, several had bruising, and several people were treated for hypothermia.

NOTES:

Participate wavers, notes, Wasatch County dispatch calls are located at Deer Creek State Park.
Heber                         