RedactedNarrative: On april 1, 2022 at approximately 7:40pm, operator was operating his recently purchased bayliner.  He was operating on high rock lake heading down stream on the yadkin river into high rock lake just upstream of swearing creek.  The weather was clear in the mid 60's and the water was calm.  Operator had a current boater safety certificate.  He had two passengers on board his vessel.  Subject1 wall seated in the center of the rear seat and mckensie wall along wth a small dog seated in the passenger seat directly to the left of the operator.  While cruising, the vessel struck an unknown submerged object in the water.
  
  The vessel was being operated at a cruising speed between 20-30 mph heading down stream on the yadkin river into high rock lake.  As the vessel entered into the upper portion of high rock lake, it turned out of the channel to its left and began to cut across a very shallow portion of the lake.  As the vessel got approximately halfway between the yadkin river and swearing creek, it struck an unknown submerged object in the water approximately 200 yards off the davidson county shoreline with the outdrive.  The impact caused the rear of the vessel to raise up slightly and go back down.  
  
  After the initial impact, the vessel came to a slow drifting stop.  The impact caused the entire outdrive to shear off at the knuckle where it trims up and down only leaving it attached to the vessel by two hydraulic lines.  Water then began to pour into the vessel where the outdrive had sheared off and filled the vessel with approximately two feet of water.  The occupants of the vessel were able to pull the vessel to the bank where it was tie to a tree with an anchor line.  There was no other damage to the vessel.
  
  Fire boats transported the occupants to the rowan counth shrine club boat ramp.  None of the occupants sustained any injuries from this incident.  Operation at a higher rate of speed in an unfamiliar area with hazardous and shallow waters were the contributing factors in this incident.  Alcohol and drugs were not a contributing factor in this incident.
  
  ***please note, this report was manually entered into bard due to transmission issues with the report beam system.*****
  
  
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