RedactedNarrative: Two men were wakeboarding on the James River at Monacan Park in Amherst County, VA for approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes before the boat started taking on water. When the operator/owner of the vessel noticed the water on board he retrieved his friend and they began trying to pump the water out via the bilge pump and a ballast pump. Operator kept the engine running while attempting to pump the water from the vessel. When they noticed it was taking on water to fast operator jumped into the water, pulled the boat to the river bank and tied it to a tree. The two men then swam back to the boat ramp as the boat sank underwater.