RedactedNarrative: Operator 1 Stated to the effect: "The anchor was stuck, the line went under and around the engine and spun us around. I don't know how we ended up flipping the boat."
  
  
  Investigation revealed, the vessel was at anchor under the Tunney and Mathis Bridges (SH 37) in the Barnegat Bay.  The vessel's operator and crew decided to pull anchor and move the vessel.  All reports indicate that the anchor seemed to be stuck on a submerged object.  After being unable to manually raise the anchor the vessel's operator attempted to use the force of the vessel's engine to dislodge the anchor.
  
  During this attempt the anchor did not budge. The power of the engine pulled the vessel's transom under and the vessel swamped and capsized.  All persons on board ended up in the water next to the vessel.  A good Samaritan (Witness #4) saw the people in the water and came over to take the 4 victims on to his vessel until help arrived.
  
  Tow Boat US Captain arrived and secured the capsized vessel towing it from the channel to calmer waters where he was able to right the vessel and tow it to the Seaside Heights Municipal Boat ramp.  The vessel was turned back over to its owner who subsequently put it on a trailer and removed it from the water.  No fuel leakage was observed as the vessel drained, no injuries reported at the scene.
  