RedactedNarrative: ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR, HE WAS TRAVELING WEST AT APPROX 18-20 KNOTTS WHEN HE VEERED OFF CENTER OF THE WATERWAY AND RAN INTO SHALLOW WATER.  THIS WAS ONLY THE SECOND TIME THAT THE OPERATOR HAD BEEN IN THE ALLIGATOR PUNGO CANAL.  THE ELECTRONICS THAT WERE ON BOARD DID NOT SHOW SHALLOW WATER ON THE SIDES OF THE CANAL AND THE OPERATOR WAS UNAWARE OF HOW SHALLOW THE SIDES OF THE CANAL WERE.
  
  ONCE THE VESSEL CAME TO REST, IT BEGAN FILLING WITH WATER FROM BELOW THE SURFACE.  THE OPERATOR NOTICED THE VESSEL BEGINNING TO LEAN TO ONE SIDE AND PUT ON A TYPE III PFD.  HE WAITED ON THE SWIM PLATFORM OF THE VESSEL WHERE HE WAS PICKED UP BY A PASSERBY AND TAKEN TO THE SHORE SAFELY.
  
  DUE TO THE VESSEL PARTIALLY SINKING AND THE DAMAGE THAT WAS SUSTAINED, THE VESSEL WILL LIKELY BE TOTALED.  IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT DRUGS OR ALCOHOL CONTRIBUED TO THE INCIDENT.
  
  PLEASE NOTE:  THIS REPORT WAS ENTERED INTO BARD MANUALLY DUE TO A TRANSMISSION FAILURE FROM THE REPORT BEAM SYSTEM.
  
  
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