RedactedNarrative: The boat operator tried to take his pontoon boat out at Jack's Creek but it was too windy.  He decided to let his wife move the truck and trailer to Cottonwood where there is a protected marina.  He kept three children on board with himself because "The choppy waters would be fun." Once he got under way the conditions got very bad.  As he neared Cottonwood he tried to tie up the dock.  The wind caught the boat and lifted it onto it's side almost to a 90 degree angle.  This caused the children to be thrown against the railing.  At the same time his battery was submerged in water and the boat quit running.  He was about twenty to fifty feet from the shore so he told the kids to jump, which they did.  They were pulled in by people on shore. 
  He drifted away but was able to get the boat started and went back towards the marina.  When I arrived on the scene I saw the front of his boat come out of the water eight to ten feet.  He was able to get the boat into the marina and tied to the docks.  I had  a call of a lost girl on a jet ski and two men that were stranded on a small boat.  Since the paramedics had been called to check the children and everyone was on shore I left to check the children and everyone was on shore I left to check on the other boaters that needed assistance.  We were later advised that the operator appeared to be intoxicated.