RedactedNarrative: While operating a motorboat in the Buffalo Ridge area of Lake Cumberland in Wayne County subject  began turning the vessel he was operating to go back to Beaver Creek Marina.  While making the turn the operator did not make a sharp enough turn which resulted in the vessel striking a portion of a submerged point.  After the vessel struck the underwater area of the point the vessel then ran aground onto the area of the point that came out of the water.  As the vessel grounded all occupants were thrown from the vessel into the water.  The vessel came to rest on its port side on the shoreline where it nearly  entered the waterway.  The hull of the vessel sustained considerable damage including a large hole knocked completely through the fiberglass roughly two feet square.  The hull was also damaged from the point of first impact with the submerged point roughly ten feet consisting of deep scratching through the fiberglass and gel coat.  The lower unit/prop had also made contact with the rocky bank with the prop being damaged beyond repair.  
  
  As the vessel made the turn into the shoreline after striking the point the operator was thrown through the windshield before making it into the water.   Upon my arrival numerous alcoholic beverage containers were present in and around the vessel.  The subject who claimed to be operating the vessel was administered several sobriety tests and showed multiple clues on each of them.  A passing vessel had called the grounding in and reported all persons present had appeared intoxicated to them as well.  My arrival was a considerable time after the grounding however the operator was to me to impaired to have been operating a vessel at that time.  All of the other occupants had also been consuming alcoholic beverages however none were what I deemed to be Intoxicated.  No occupant had been wearing pfds at the time of the accident.  
  
  All had been picked up prior to my arrival by a passing vessel and were on board it when I arrived.  Marine Assist Salvage and Towing Service was notified and recovered the vessel later in the morning.  Charges are pending related to the Operating a Vessel Under the Influence of Alcohol as a criminal summons was obtained for the operator and was served to him on 08/31/14.  He could not be arrested on scene as he had not been observed operating the vessel.  
  
  Most of the occupants on the vessel received minor  cuts and bruises from being ejected but declined medical attention other than first aid measures.  I followed up with the occupants on the evening after the accident and reviewed their statements of what happened and was told the same by all occupants as well as the operator regarding striking the submerged point before the ejections and grounding.  None of the three occupants riding in the bow  seating area of the vessel were serving as lookout.  Had the operator been paying closer attention to  the area and not consumed as many alcoholic beverages throughout the evening his reaction time would have been faster and he may have been able to see and avoid the shoreline by a greater distance.