RedactedNarrative: Operator1 and two occupants were fishing in the Lake Catherine area.  After pulling up the anchor and beginning to move the operator noticed the engine tattle tail was not pumping water.  He killed the engine to try and clear the line.  The vessel turned while adrift so the stern was into the waves.  According to Operator1,  while standing in the rear of the boat working on the engine, water began to come over the transom. 
  
   Noticing more and more water was coming in, Operator1 became aware that the inspection hatch on the floor was no longer in place and the water was pouring into the hull of the vessel.  He placed the hatch back into position, returned to the controls, started the engine, and began to maneuver the boat.  The engine then killed.  
  
  The wind turned the boat so that the stern was into the waves once again.   Operator1 stated the stern, already sitting low due to previous water in the hull, began taking water again flooding the vessel until it capsized.  The occupants entered the water, and held onto the side of the vessel until a good samaritan picked them up and brought them to Rigolets Marina.  The vessel was a 17' Sea Fox with remote steering.  PFD's  were not used.  Alcohol is not believed to be a factor.  The primary contributing factor was the weather.  A secondary contributing factor was operator inattention in not noticing the inspection hatch at his feet had come off allowing water to pour into the interior hull of the vessel.  Operator inexperience is a tertiary factor.  The operator should have either moved to protected waters before shutting the motor off the first time, or dropped the anchor from the front of the vessel either time the engine was off to keep the bow of the boat into the waves.
  