RedactedNarrative: USCG Buffalo contacted the Lake County Sheriff office regarding a vessel which had lost power and was trying to make it back to Fairport Harbor from Perry Township area.  
  
  Owner advised he and his teenage son had been out fishing near the Perry Nuclear Power Plant discharge in Lake Erie.  After some time, they found their engine would not start and attempted to navigate to Fairport Harbor using their trolling motor.  
  
  Unable to make good headway, they chose to try to remove the vessel at Perry Township boat ramp.  Once it was tied to the dock, weather continued to get worse.  The vessel broke free from the dock and began to swamp.  The vessel rested on the concrete ramp where it sustained damage to the fiberglass hull.