RedactedNarrative: The two paddlers put their boats in the water @ Sycamore Park in Clermont County at approximately 11:30 am. Around 11:45 the approached the Batavia dam.  Vessel 1 went down the middle of the dam, just past the initial wave, before turning sideways and capsizing. 
  
  Vessel 2 went to river right, got turned sideways right at the dam, then capsized. Both paddlers were wearing life jackets at the time of the incident.  They floated downstream, holding onto their kayaks until the St. RT.32 overpass. At that point, they decided it would be best to let go of the kayaks and swim to shore. Bothe Kayak were then lost. * Later that evening they were able to locate one of the kayaks, that suffered minimal damage and is still usable.