RedactedNarrative: On 8/12/2020 at approximately 1400 hours (mst), i arrived at stateline launch ramp in the wahweap district of glen canyon national recreation area, in response to a call dispatch had received reporting a vessel "taking on water" in wahweap bay just outside of stateline launch ramp. District ranger was already on scene, assisting the primary reporting party, identified by his driver''s license as operator 1, in trailering operator 1's vessel and obtaining identifying photos of the vessel. 
  
  My involvement was limited to assisting the secondary reporting party, who self-identified as the wife of primary rp. I provided secondary reporting party with a courtesy transport from the base of the launch ramp to the stateline launch ramp parking lot , where she retrieved her black ford f-150 pick up truck for the purposes of returning to the base of the ramp and trailering the vessel. Secondary reporting party stated to me during the transport to the parking lot that she and her family had just launched from stateline when they noticed smoke coming from one of the vessel''s engines.
  
   Secondary reporting party stated that upon moving to the stern to investigate, she noticed that gear stored at the stern was wet and that the vessel was actively taking on water. Secondary reporting party stated that her husband who was operating the vessel turned the vessel around and returned to stateline ramp.