RedactedNarrative: On Sunday June 10, 2018 at approximately 1845 hours Ranger and I received a call in reference to a possible boating incident in Hall County on Lake Sidney Lanier.  The caller advised us that the exact location was in Shoal Creek just south of Russell bridge.  
  
  Subject was collecting items from a vessel that appeared to have sank.  I observed a ring buoy with a rope tied to it floating near Subject. Subject agreed to write a witness statement and the statement is attached with this report. The rope was fixed to something very secured at the bottom of the lake.  Hall County divers dove and located a vessel with the registration numbers, GA0475HC.  
  
  Owner advised me that her husband was operating the vessel when a wave hit them and broke the throttle cable.  She said they only had reverse to navigate the vessel.  This is when she noticed water coming in the stern portion of the vessel and started to sink.  They swam to shore and flagged down a person.  They were taken back to their campsite. She advised me that no one was hurt in the incident.  I advised them that they must make an attempt to remove their vessel from the lake as soon as possible.  I gave them Tow Boat USA's phone number.    She refused to write a statement.  ***END OF REPORT***
  