RedactedNarrative: On September 17th 2022 at around 2230 hours I, Sgt 1, was notified of a boating accident in the vicinity of Ramsey Point on Lake Cumberland.  It was reported that a small vessel has struck the shoreline and was still in the area.  I responded from Conley Bottom Resort and arrived in the area around 2315 hours.  Upon my arrival I observed 4 adults still sitting in a ski boat that was nearly completely out of the water on the shoreline.  Upon checking for injuries I found that no one had been injured.  I was told that Marine Assist, a local vessel tow/recovery service, had been notified and would be responding the next morning.  As the occupants were stranded on the banks of Lake Cumberland I assisted with loading their belongings into my patrol boat and learned that they had a rental houseboat located in a different area of the lake.  While speaking with the occupants I did not observe any clues of impairement nor did I see any remnants of alcoholic beverages or drug usage in view.  It was explained to me that the operator of the vessel was not familiar with the area of the lake where he had grounded his vessel and that he had been operating utilizing his GPS.  Upon further speaking with the operator he explained that he had been on plane while travelling toward Cub Creek after leaving Wolf Creek Marina.  As he came to a turn in the lake he had thought that he was far from the shoreline as indicated by his GPS and just prior to making contact with the shoreline he noticed some rocks giving him time to pull back on the throttle to slow the vessel down.  He also stayed on course and had not made any sudden manuevers other than the pulling back on the throttle.  The operator's statements appeared to be accurate based on the distance travelled up the shoreline and the lack of any overturning of the vessel on the shoreline.  Each occupant of the vessel gave similiar statements all to the effect of as they were travelling back to their houseboat rental the operator slowed and the vessel they were travelling in stopped on the shoreline.  After gathering all belongings of the occupants of the involved vessel I transported them back to their rental houseboat.  Once there I obtained written statements from all onboard at the time of the grounding.  I then explained the process for obtaining a copy of this report and left my contact information.
  
  Damage Assessment  
  The vessel involved appeared to have scratching and gouging along the entire keel and bottom of the hull suffered from making contact with a rocky shoreline.  Further assesment will be needed to made in regards to the drive and mechanical functioning of the propellor shaft.  My estimation of damage included is in reference to fiberglass damage believed to have been suffered on the vessel only and does not include any recovery costs associated or any mechanical defects that could be a result of the grounding.  
  