RedactedNarrative: A boating incident occurred on 04/16/2022 where a 29 foot Scarab, took on water astern and sank in charlotte harbour. 4 people were on board the vessel at the time of the incident and had to be rescued from the water. The incident location was north west of turtle bay at GPS coordinates N 26 52.9250, W 82 8.0561
  On 04/16/2022, an incident occurred where a 2002, White, 29-foot Wellcraft Scarab, sunk within charlotte harbor. Based on witness accounts and the physical evidence available on scene, the vessel was adrift and became swamped with water astern.  The operator of the vessel stated that he noticed his vessel’s stern sitting low in the water. When he went to investigate, he noticed water had already come over the transom and into the inboard engine compartment. 
  	Operator and the other occupants of the vessel stated that the vessel took approximately 1-2 minutes before it was over 90 percent submerged as found on scene. The vessel was in a vertical angle in the water column in approximately 22 feet of water and the stern was resting on the bottom. the front 3-5 foot of the bow was still visible as it was protruding from the water. 
  	On 4/20/2022, I Inspected the vessel involved in this incident on land after it had been pulled from the water. I found no definitive answer as to why it became submerged on 04/16/2022 as all the components seemed secured on the transom and the hull was intact. Operator stated that he had a maintenance company inspect the vessel after it was removed from the water. This companies’ representative stated that the incident may have been caused by a miss wired bilge pump or the internal plumbing of the motors cooling systems pulling water into the hull.
  