RedactedNarrative: 06/15/2015
  Operator #1 stated to the effect: "We had just pushed off from the marsh and were trying to get back into the deeper water of the channel.  I was standing up facing backwards operating the motor.  We all saw the large wake coming from the vessel "Silver Bullet" that just passed.  We went over the first wake "ok" but then I turned the vessel side to the wake and tried giving it throttle.  The wake approached the vessel from the right.  We rocked really hard and that's when everyone slid to the right and the boat flipped to the right.  We all got ejected from the boat."
   
  Witness/ Vessel #1 Occupant stated to the effect: "I was standing facing backwards when the wake came from the right.  I don't really remember much but I think we flipped to the left."
  Witness/ Vessel #1 Occupant stated to the effect: "I don't remember what happened."
  Witness/ Vessel #1 Occupant stated to the effect: "I was standing on the left side of the boat when the wake came from the right.  I remember seeing subject on my left being ejected from the boat as I was also being ejected from the left side of the boat."
   
  Operator #2 stated to the effect: We were traveling north on the ICW and I remember seeing the small boat with its bow against the marsh off of my starboard side.  I thought the guys were crabbing.
  Witness/ Vessel #2 Deckhand stated to the effect: I had just come up on board and was at the bow on the starboard side.  I saw the small boat with its bow up on the marsh at a 45 degree angle.  Two guys were standing messing with the canopy.  After passing them I never looked back.
  
  
  Accident Investigation revealed:  Vessel #1 was outside of the channel of the ICW.  Vessel #1 began traveling westbound attempting to get back into the deep water channel of the ICW.  The vessel "Silver Bullet" was traveling north in the ICW and had just passed vessel #1.  The wake it created approached vessel #1.  As the wake approached vessel #1, all occupants of vessel #1 were standing in the vessel.  The operator of vessel #1 then turned the vessel starboard side to the wake and applied the throttle.  The combination of the occupants standing and the vessel taking the wake side to the vessel created an unstable situation.  The result was the vessel capsizing to the left and ejecting all of its occupants.   In conclusion the cause of this accident was a combination of an unstable platform caused by the occupants standing and the operators inexperience by positioning the vessel side to the approaching wake.
  No injuries were reported.  Damage to the vessel consisted of a broken canopy and a submerged outboard motor.  Information for this report was provided by witness statements and damaged observed to the vessel.
   