RedactedNarrative: On May 12th, 2018 at approximately 2045 hrs. I, CPL, received a call from an employee of Nottely Marina in reference to a boating incident that just occurred on Nottely Lake at Point 8 which is the intersection of Young Cane Creek and Nottely Lake . 
  
  The owner/operator stated that he, his wife and his daughter were cruising in their boat in Young Cane Creek and turned left into Nottely Lake traveling down stream toward Point 7 at approximately 25 mph. Operator was operating the vessel, his wife was located in the front of the vessel and his daughter Occupant2 was located in back of the vessel. Operator stated that he felt the vessel hit something and he lost power / thrust so he cut the motor off. He noticed the vessel started taking on water and they called Nottely Marina. 
  
  Subject responded to the location and towed the vessel to the Family's boat dock and placed it onto the boat lift. The Family's and I walked down to the boat dock and I observed a 1999 19' Chaparral open motor boat sitting in the boat lift with the entire lower unit broken from the vessel and just hanging by what appeared to be the throttle cables. While obtaining the vessels information Subject called me and he stated that he located a large 15'-20' log that was submerged just below the surface of the water floating in the area where he had earlier located the Family's stranded vessel. Subject stated that he towed the log and attached it to the shore line so no other vessels would hit it. I obtained the information to complete the boating incident report and advised the Family's to notify me when they obtained  the estimate to repair the vessel.  *** On June 3rd, 2018 I contacted Operator Family and he stated that they had obtained an estimate from Lake Chatuge Marine to repair the vessel. Family emailed me a copy of the estimate and the estimate stated the cost of the repair would be $9,380.52. This report is based solely on the information made available to me, the statements made to me by Shane Subject, the Family's and the visible damages that I observed on the vessel. I believe the Family's vessel struck a submerged log causing extensive damage to the out drive / lower unit of the vessel. I believe this boating incident was unavoidable due to the submerged log. This report is based solely on the information made available to me at the time I received it and the results may be changed or modified with the discovery of any new information.
  