RedactedNarrative: MOTOR VESSEL "ONE LOVE" A 53'' CARVER WAS TRAVELING WEST IN THE CHESAPEAKE and DELAWARE (candd) CANAL FROM SUMMIT NORTH MARINA TO BALTIMORE.  VESSEL WAS CRUISING AT APPROXIMATELY 25MPH TRAVELING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE candd CANAL RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE SHORE LINE.  VESSEL OPERATOR ADVISED THAT HE WAS STANDING AT THE HELM SPEAKING ON HIS MARINE RADIO TO THE VESSEL FOLLOWING BEHIND.  
  
  OPERATOR ADVISED HE WAS NOT HOLDING THE WHEEL AT THE HELM.  VESSEL WAS OPERATED CLOSE TO THE LOOSE STONE RIP-RAP SHORELINE. THE STARBOARD PROP STRUCK AND BECAME STUCK INTO THE SUBMERGED ROCKS, CAUSING THE DRIVE SHAFT AND TRANSMISSION GEARS TO BE RIPPED THROUGH THE HULL.  THIS CAUSED THE VESSEL TO HEAL HARD STARBOARD AND RUN FURTHER UP ONTO THE ROCKS COMING TO REST APPROXIMATELY TEN YARDS WEST OF THE SHAFT.  
  
  VESSEL CRASH DUE TO MANUEVERING THE VESSEL TOO CLOSE TO THE ROCKS.  VESSEL BEGAN TAKING ON WATER CAUSING IT TO SINK AND COME TO REST ON THE RIP-RAP SHORELINE.  NO  INJURIES, VESSEL OPERATOR CITED FOR INATTENTIVE OPERATION AND UNREGISTERED VESSEL (DOCUMENTATION EXPIRED).