RedactedNarrative: On 8-13-22 I was dispatched to a report of a vessel sinking near point 19.  Dispatch indicated all persons were out of the water and uninjured.  Officers responded also.  We made contact with the partially sunk boat near point 19.  The vessel was being towed by a good Samaritan to the Loyston Point ramp.  The boat was swamped and the outboard motor was completely removed from the transom.  We discovered the motor was still attached to the boat by the steering cables.  Officers and bystanders maneuvered the boat onto its trailer.  We were able to lift the motor onto the back deck of boat. 
  
   The operator and his wife were the only occupants of the boat at the time of the incident.  Both indicated they were cruising through the gorge at approximately 20mph and the motor fell off.  They flagged down some passing boats and then were towed to Loyston Point.  I inspected the transom.  It appears the wooden transom failed due to large areas of rot.  No injuries were observed or reported.
  