RedactedNarrative: THE BOAT WAS TRAVELING FROM THE JAMES RIVER TO HOPEWELL MARINA WHEN THE TRANSOM FELL APART AND THE MOTOR FELL OFF THE BOAT, CAUSING THE BOAT TO TAKE ON WATER. 
  THE OPERATOR SAID THAT THEY DID NOT HIT ANY SUBMERGED OBJECTS AND THAT THE TRANSOM APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN ROTTEN.