RedactedNarrative: On December 23, 2022 at approximately 1030 hours, GW 1 received a call from GSP dispatch in reference to a vessel taking on water in the Champney river, McIntosh county.  Dispatch informed me that a person named Operator called in stating that his vessel was taking on water and sinking near rabbit island.  They also informed me that McIntosh was unsure if they were going to launch a vessel due to the high winds and choppy water conditions.  I spoke with Operator who informed me that they were going to have to ditch the boat as it was continuously taking on water and going down.  He said that they were going to try to make it to the nearest point of land/island and I asked if he could send me his exact location or GPS coordinates, which he said that he would.  Operator called back a few minutes later to inform me that they made it to the island but his boat had capsized and was gone.  I arrived at the Champney river boat ramp and noticed that a McIntosh county sheriffs office vehicle was there with an empty boat trailer.  I contacted McIntosh, and found out that two of their deputies had launched a vessel.  I could hear the McIntosh deputies on the radio as they located the missing persons on an island in the river.  McIntosh was able to get both persons and they brought them back to the Champney river boat ramp and they refused ems.
  
  	The owner of the vessel, Operator, and a friend, Passenger left from Champney river boat ramp that morning to go duck hunting. They informed me that after their hunt, they were attempting to make it back to the boat ramp.  As they came around one of the islands a couple of waves came over the bow of the vessel.  Once the weight of the water got in the boat it started to just get lower and lower in the water.  Eventually Operator and Passenger had to abandon the vessel and swim approximately 30 yards to dry land.  The boat capsized and drifted off, down the river and out of sight.  Wave height and strong winds were the factors that caused the vessel to take on water and become adrift until the occupants had to abandon before it capsized.