VESSEL ONE EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE/OUTDRIVE FAILURE, CAUSING THE VESSEL TO SINK. UPON INSPECTION FROM OFFICER, THE VESSELS OUTDRIVE AND TRANSOM PLATE HAD SEVERE DAMAGE, THE GIMBAL BEARING HAD CATASTROPHIC FAILURE, THE UNIVERSAL IN THE DRIVESHAFT WAS MISSING 2 CAPS AND THE ENGINE COUPLER HAD BROKEN APART.  THE DRIVETRAIN SYSTEM FAILURE PRESUMABLY CAUSED THE DRIVE BOOT TO FAIL WHEN IT BROKE PARTS OF THE TRANSOM MOUNT APART CAUSING THE VESSEL TO  SWAMPED THEN SINK. ALCOHOL WAS NOT INVOLVED AND PERSONS ON BOARD USED PFD'S AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT.
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