RedactedNarrative: What: Vessel struck underwater obstruction and started taking on water
  
  When: November 24, 2015 at approximately 1400 hrs
  
  Where: Kissimmee River (N 27 29.333 / W 81 12.268)
  
  Details: Lt. were dispatched to a sinking house boat on the Kissimmee River. Once we arrived on scene we observed the house boat sitting on a sand bar and listing to the starboard side. All occupants had already left the vessel and had set up camp on the river bank.
  
  	Lt. and I made contact with the occupants. All occupants were uninjured. (owner), advised us that he had already made contact with Sea Tow and they would be in route. Lt. made contact with Sea Tow and advised them of the hazards on the river that would be encountered on the way to the vessel. Sea Tow advised they would be on scene in the morning. 
  
  	After ensuring the occupants had everything they needed for the overnight stay on the river, I advised them I would return in the morning to check on them. The next morning (11/25/2015) I returned to check on the occupants and get the details of what happened.
   According to Operator (operator), while they were traveling south down the river, he noticed a log in the water. He attempted to go around it but there was a portion of it submerged, just under the surface of the water, which he did not see. Operator and the other occupants recalled hearing the vessel strike the log and shortly after that the vessel started taking on water. Operator stated he kept going south for approximately a quarter mile before turning back north, where he noticed a sand bar and beached the vessel in an attempted to keep it from sinking in the river.
  
  	According to Sea Tow the vessels hull had a crack along the port side of the keel that ended in a gouge approximately two feet long, just forward of mid ship. Sea Tow temporarily patched the vessels hull and towed it to the State Road 60 boat ramp, where the owner had arranged for someone to meet them, with a trailer, the following morning.