RedactedNarrative: INITIAL CALL:
  
  At approximately 1230 hours on 8/11/16 I was notified by NPS Ranger that there was a report of a sinking or sunken houseboat on shore in Hall's Creek Bay. I agreed to try to locate the vessel.
  
  RESPONSE:
  
  At approximately 1245 hours I was patrolling into Hall's Creek Bay and observed a houseboat sideways on the shore near the back of the bay. An Ararmak barge and crane were on scene and had apparently just hoisted and pumped out a ski type vessel. I spoke to subject at the scene and found that the anchor ropes on the rental houseboat had broken during a wind storm the previous afternoon/evening. The houseboat had then turned sideways on shore and become grounded. In the process it had damaged two privately owned vessels that were tied to the rental houseboat.
  
  INVESTIGATION:
  
  I continued to speak with SUBJECT who stated she owned the Regal vessel that had just been craned up and pumped out by Aramark.  She stated they had a group of approximately 30 people there and that a different person had rented the houseboat but she did not know their current location.  She stated they were still scrambling to recover items that had blown away during the storm the previous day. I asked her to explain to me what all had taken place and when.  
  
  SUBJECT stated that some time around 1700 hours on 8/10/16 a storm came up out of nowhere with rain and strong winds.  She stated that at that time some of their group were out on other boats, some were on shore and approximately 15 of them were on the rental houseboat (Vessel 1).  She stated the winds were causing waves of 3-5 feet and that at some point the ropes that tied the houseboat to the anchors broke from the strain by the storm. 
  
  SUBJECT stated that the houseboat then turned sideways to shore with the wind and waves pushing it onto the sandstone shore.  She stated that at this time everyone evacuated the houseboat and that all the dishes and items loose and in cabinets were falling out and breaking from the wave action crashing into the houseboat.  SUBJECT stated that her personal ski type boat (Vessel 2) was tied to the stern of the houseboat at the time of the accident and that the turning of the houseboat caused her boat to also be smashed up on the shoreline and then swamped and flooded by the waves crashing onto the shore.  SUBJECT also stated that another private vessel had been tied to the port side of the houseboat at that time and it had also sustained damage.
  
  I asked the Aramark employees on scene if they had taken any photos of the swamped Regal vessel before they had lifted and pumped it out. One individual stated he had and I asked him to email them to me. I then took photos of the Regal vessel after it had been pumped out. I took photos of the rental houseboat still stuck on shore while SUBJECT filled out a witness statement. I spoke with the owner of Vessel 3 and that it had taken substantial damage during the accident as well. I got his information and told him I would get photos of the damage to his vessel and the vessel information and add it to the report. 
  
  Vessel 3 was slowly cruising around the area. Another member of the group stated she had taken photos during the storm of what had taken place in the accident events. I asked her to email those photos as well. I collected the witness statement from SUBJECT and then departed the scene and contacted Vessel 3. I collected the registration information from Vessel 3 and took photos of the damage.
  
  CONCLUSION:
  
  From the damage to the vessels involved and the statements made by SUBJECT it is clear what happened in this accident. A weather event with storm strength winds hit Hall's Creek Bay in the late afternoon/early evening on 8/10/16. These winds and the resulting wave action were strong enough to break the anchor ropes on Vessel 1 and cause it to become grounded parallel to shore. The shore line at this location is sandstone so there was damage done to the pontoons and engine lower units of Vessel 1 as it was forced onto the shore and then repeatedly hit by waves. Vessel 2 was tied onto the rear of Vessel 1 and was also damaged due to being grounded on the shore line. It also received water damage due to becoming swamped by the waves of the storm. Vessel 3 was tied to the port side of Vessel 1 and received damage from wave action causing Vessel 1 and 3 to slam into each other repeatedly during the storm event.
  
  As of 8/18/16 I have not received photos from either the Aramark employee of Vessel 2 before it was lifted from the water or from the female member of the SUBJECT party who had taken photos during the accident event. I will add those to a supplemental report if/when I receive them.
  