RedactedNarrative: On 7/21/2019 at approximately 1239 hours, I was contacted by Grovetown dispatch in reference to a boating incident on Lake Oconee.  The dispatcher proceeded to connect me to the complainant.  While on the phone with Operator1, he informed me that he was operating his personal boat located near the jumping rock (Lake Oconee, Greene County Georgia) when his vessel struck an object in the water.  Operator1 advised that his boat was currently taking on water and that he was abandoning ship.  
  
  	I confirmed all occupants were safe and out of harms way, and requested Operator1 to tie a buoy to his vessel in the event his vessel sank.  Upon my arrival to the incident location, I made contact with Operator1, his wife and a friend.  All three occupants were safe and secured in a friend's vessel.  Operator1 advised he was traveling towards the dam, to the right of the standing timber near the area of the jumping rock when he apparently struck standing timber. 
   
  	While on the scene, I observed approximately 3 feet of Operator1's vessel sticking out of the water, bow up.  I also noticed the hazard buoy marking the corner of the standing timber missing and was not observed anywhere in the area.  I observed this same buoy present on 7/20/2019 at approximately 1600 hours.  
  
  	At this time, I put Operator1 in contact with Sea Tow and he made arrangements for the boat recovery process.  Personnel with Sea Tow towed Operator1's 2007 Chaparral boat (GA Registration GA 6506MD) to Water Front Marina located in Eatonton,Georgia.  The towing and recovery process lasted approximately 7 hours and once the vessel was lifted by forklift out of the water, I could assess the damage.  Operator1 struck standing timber about mid-ways down the hull of his vessel and as it moved towards the stern of the boat, the object impelled itself through the hull causing an extensive tear.  As the vessel traveled across the object, it proceeded past the boat and struck the prop breaking one of the fins.  
  
  	The Chaparral was left on a wash rack located at the above marina. The vessel's windshield and side was damaged due to flipping the vessel upright.
  