RedactedNarrative: On 5/17/16 at approximately 1130 hours a single vessel accident occurred in Tampa Bay when a rental boat filled up with water and capsized. The vessel involved was rented from Lotto Boat Club by a vacationing couple who also had hired a licensed charter captain to guide them. Nobody was injured in the accident and the vessel sustained approximately $6,000 in damage.
  
  	On 5/26/16 I Officer of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received a message from my dispatch to contact a subject that had been involved in a boating accident on 5/17/16.
  
  I contacted the subject who explained that on 5/17/16 she and her husband had been vacationing in St. Petersburg Florida, had rented a 19' vessel (FL5533PN) from Lotto Boat Club, and had also hired a USCG licensed captain to guide them around on the rental for the day. The vessel later capsized and Operator was calling to request an accident report. I asked Operator to email me all of her and husbands info and write a statement about the accident. 
  
  	On the afternoon of 5/26/16 I visited Lotto Boat Club and inspected the vessel that had been involved in the accident. The vessel had $6000 in damages according to the owner of Lotto. The vessel had been placed on a rack at Lotto Boat Club. I observed that the vessel had a low bow, was missing it's front hatch cover and that the opening led directly into the hull of the vessel. I also observed that the vessel had a bilge pump inside of the hull near the transom. The bilge pump didn't work at the time that I inspected the vessel, and no other electronic equipment worked at that time due to having been swamped and capsized.
  
  	On 6/2/16 I received an email from Operator containing some of the information that I had requested and a statement written by occupant. According to the statement it was rough and choppy that day on Tampa Bay. The vessel had taken some water splash over the bow and water had started to build up on the floor of the vessel. About 2 hours into the trip the rented vessel filled up with water and capsized. All three occupants were rescued by a good samaritan vessel that was passing by. USCG arrived on scene after the subjects had been picked up by the good samaritan vessel.
  
  	On 6/8/16 I met with guide who provided me with a written statement that concurred with Operator's, with the exception that guide believes that it is possible the vessel didn't have its' drain plug in when they departed.
  
  	In conclusion, the vessel took water- either from the bow or at another location, without any of the subjects on board noticing until the vessel was fully swamped.