RedactedNarrative: Boat incident 499-001-063019 narrative     
  
  On june 30, 2019, at approximately 1930 hours, vessel #1 was travelling southeast on high rock lake.  Vessel #1 was a 1968 fleetwing 15' boat with a fiberglass hull.  There were four passengers on board, all wearing a type iii uscg approved personal floatation devices.  
  
  Severe weather had blown in very quickly on 06/30/2019 and caught operator1 and the four children off guard.  When the vessel operator, operator1, attempted to run the vessel back to the boat ramp, the waves were coming over the bow.  
  
  Operator1 decided to try and run with the waves rather than against them to try and get the vessel to shore.  The operator, operator1, turned the vessel from the northwesterly track to a southeasterly track.  The vessel was still taking water over the transom, bow, and sides.  The operator, operator1, was approximately 60 yards from shore when he throttled the vessel down.  
  
  When the boat settled from no propulsion, the bow went under a wave and swamped the vessel from the bow area.  All five occupants of the vessel were ejected into the water at low speed and the boat continued to flip over, capsizing, and subsequently sinking completely to the bottom.  
  
  The four children who were all wearing appropriate pfds, and the operator who was not wearing a pfd, swam approximately 60 yards to the shore.  No injuries were reported.  The boat is a total loss and has not yet been located.  Alcohol and drugs were not a contributing factor in this incident.
  
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