RedactedNarrative: What: Vessel Swamped and Capsized (FL 3109 LD)
  
  When: November 27, 2015 at approximately 1630 
  
  Where:  Little Grassy, Lake Okeechobee (N 27 09.824’ / W 80 49.439’)
  
  Details: I, Officer, was dispatched to a sinking vessel on Lake Okeechobee. Due to the fact that I was approximately forty minutes from the boat ramp, I made contact with Okeechobee Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit to assist.
  	I met with the Okeechobee Marine Unit and the occupants of the vessel at Lock 7 boat ramp. All four occupants were uninjured but had been in the water for approximately forty minutes before the Sheriff’s Office reached them. I asked subject to call me, once his family and he had got home to change and warm up, so I could get all the information I needed for my report.
  	Meanwhile the Sheriff’s Office gave me the coordinates of the vessel and I went out to locate the vessel to ensure it was not a navigational hazard. The vessel was located in the grass away from any navigable waters and according to the operator, they would be out in the morning to recover the vessel.
  	According to subject, they had been anchored up fishing in Little Grassy. Subject noticed the winds picking up due to a storm approaching, and waves had started coming over the transom of the vessel. He had also observed the bilge pumps continuously running. He then immediately pulled anchor and attempted to get on plane but the motor shut down. At which time the stern of the vessel went under water and the vessel capsized. 
  	The next morning (11/28/2015), I met with Okeechobee Sheriff’s office, Subject and his son’s at the vessels location. The vessel was towed in, by the Sheriff’s office, to Lock 7 boat ramp, where it was put on a trailer.