RedactedNarrative: On May 26th of 2019, I Conservation Officer received a call from KSP Post 15 at 15:31 CST that a vessel had capsized at Lone Valley close to the State Park campground. I arrived on scene at 15:33 CST at Lone Valley directly in front of the playground where myself and Officer observed the vessel that had been reported to be capsized, which was Kentucky registration number 0380 ZX, a 1977 24 foot SeaRay Cabin cruiser. Once arriving on scene I contacted Subject1 who was standing on the capsized vessel with a PFD on. I then asked him if everyone was okay and he stated, yes, that there was only two people on the vessel when it over turned and that they were both accounted for. 
   
  	Once on shore I then was able to speak with the operator of the vessel and owner. I asked Operator1 what had happened, and he stated that he had put the vessel in at the Lone Valley ramp around 1400 CST, and then drove around Lone Valley point toward the beach area at Ramp One. 
  
  Operator1's father, Subject1, observed him passing and called to advise he had noticed that the vessel was sitting low in the water. Operator1 stated he then opened the back hatch of the boat that revealed the motor and saw that his vessel was taking on water. He stated he tried to drive toward shore but the motor wouldn't start. He then stated that he used the air horn on his boat to signal for help until it ran out. 
  
  Subject1, who was operating a Rinker vessel with Kentucky registration 0613 BS, made his way toward the Operator1's sinking vessel. Operator1 advised he was approximately 60-70 ft off shore when his father and Subject2 started operating toward his vessel. Operator1 said that once they were about 20-30 feet off the shore is when the boat started to flip over with him and Subject1 on board. Operator1 stated that he was on the back left corner of the SeaRay with the tow rope in one hand and the vessel in the other when it started to capsize. Both then climbed onto the top of the boat once it had capsized, and continued to have Subject2, the operator of the Rinker, pull Operator1's 1977 SeaRay until it bottomed out close to shore.
  
  	 I then spoke with Subject1 the owner of the Rinker who stated when he saw his son waving his arms and yelling for help that he and Subject2 got into his vessel and went to help Operator1. Subject1 stated that they hooked a rope to the sinking vessel and started to tow the sinking vessel toward shore. Subject1 stated that he was on the right side of the SeaRay when the vessel started to flip. I then asked Subject1 if he was wearing a PFD at the time the vessel capsized and he stated, "yes". 
  
  	I also spoke with Subject2, who stated that when he saw his brother waving his arms and screaming for help that he got into the Rinker because he noticed that it was too far to swim. Subject2 and Subject1 took the Rinker out to the sinking SeaRay about 70 feet of the shore line. Subject2 stated that once they got the SeaRay hooked up that he started towing the vessel toward shore since his father Subject1 had gotten onto the other vessel with Operator1. Subject2 also stated that he had never operated a vessel before that day. Subject2 said that once they had the SeaRay about 50- 60 feet off the shore that it started to capsize, but he continued to pull the vessel until it complete capsized about 20-30 feet of the shore line. He also stated that after the vessel capsized and he seen his brother and father was okay, that he continued to pull the vessel until it hit bottom about 20 feet of the shore (more specifically was GPS coordinates Lat: N37,16.275 and Long: W085, 18.736).
  
  	The 1977 SeaRay vessel was pulled from the water by D&D towing, where I observed a hole at the transom of the vessel. Further investigation of the vessel led me to believe that the integrity of the hull was compromised due to the age of the vessel and the inner supports of the vessel being weak. The hole that was in the transom of the boat was caused by the vessel traveling in a forward position, which put too much pressure on the transom; causing the lower unit be pushed into the engine compartment of the vessel,  the vessel to have a major hole in the transom, and to take on large amounts of water. According to the vessel owner, Operator1, he stated that the hull of the vessel was a loss, but some parts off the vessel could be salvaged. The owner stated that he did not have insurance on the SeaRay. 
  
  *** No Injuries/ Individuals declined medical attention. 
  *** Only one individual was wearing a PFD at the time of the vessel capsizing.
  
  