RedactedNarrative: On 10-01-19 EPO’s followed up on a boating incident that occurred on Sep. 30, 2019 in the vicinity of Quonochontaug Beach, Westerly involving an overturned boat. When they arrived at the beach, Registered Boat Operator/owner met both officers  and showed them where his overturned boat was (1/4mi east of Quonochotaug Breachway). 
  
  Operator stated that he and two other friends were fishing the night before. At approximately 10:00pm the motor suddenly stopped. The waves pushed the boat closer to shore and started breaking over the side of the boat.  The boat then rolled over.  
  
  All three men were able to swim to shore uninjured.  They gathered their belongings and gear and pulled the boat as far as they could on the beach.  EPO then advised that he observed a boat in that same vicinity at the same time, the night before, underway operating without any navigational lights on.  Operator confirmed that it was his boat that Off. saw. He said he was trying to save battery life.  Operator did not possess a required “Boaters Safety Card” being born after 1986. A RITT was issued for not using “Navigation Lights” and a warning for not having a “Boaters Safety Card”. boat was a total loss.
  