RedactedNarrative: On Sunday 7/26/2020 at app1645 hours I responded to a boating incident (capsized vessel) at the north end of Ossabaw Island on the ocean side.  The owner/operator stated he was attempting to approach the ocean side of Ossabaw Island in order to check out an aground pontoon boat on the beach. 
  
   He thought the boat may need assistance; however, the pontoon boat had been aground since the previous weekend and no one was around the vessel.  The owner/operator stated as they approached the beach his vessel capsized in the breakers near the beach.  There were three people on board one of which was a 9 year old male juvenile and all three went into the water.  The juvenile was wearing an appropriate size PFD during the incident.  No one was injured during the incident.    Myself along with Chatham County Marine Patrol Officers assisted the occupants of the vessel with getting off Ossabaw Island.  All occupants were giving a ride back to Skidaway Boat Ramp by friends in another vessel.  On 7/27/2020 the vessel was recovered by Tow Boat US of Savannah  (912) 507-2628 with the assistance of the owner/operator.
  
  
  