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  On September 4, 2021, while conducting boat patrol on Conchas Lake, I was contacted by another vessel at approximately 1700 hours. The vessel operator indicated they had an individual on board who had run out of fuel and asked for assistance. I met the assisting vessel at the Cove courtesy dock and transported the individual, V1 Operator, to his vessel. I towed V1 Operator's vessel to the Cove courtesy dock. While being towed, V1 Operator's vessel was taking on water. Upon our arrival to the courtesy dock, the passengers moved toward the starboard side of the vessel (toward the dock) shifting the water and weight in the boat and causing the boat to capsize. Park staff pulled the capsized boat as close to shore as possible. V1 Operator and his party enlisted the assistance of another boater to right the capsized vessel and park staff utilized the park vacuum truck to remove water from the vessel allowing it to float and be placed on the trailer. After the boat was removed upon further inspection, it appeared there was a crack in the transom and near the motor mounts causing the vessel to take on water. 
  
  NARRATIVE
  
  On September 4, 2021 while conducting boat patrol on Conchas Lake I was flagged down by another vessel at approximately 1700. The individual operating the vessel informed me that they had picked up an individual who had run out of fuel and asked if we could help them. I asked the individual, V1 Operator, if he had a fuel can at shore. He indicated that he did and I asked the operator of the vessel to drop V1 Operator off at the courtesy dock and have him retrieve his fuel can and informed him that I would pick him up at the courtesy dock. 
  
  While waiting at the courtesy dock, I contacted, Park Law Enforcement Supervisor, and informed him that we would be assisting V1 Operator and be on the water for a while longer. V1 Operator returned to the courtesy dock with a 5 gallon fuel can and we preceded to his stranded vessel. The stranded vessel was located just north of Bell Point Campground on the west shore of the lake in shallow water. I maneuvered the park patrol vessel next to the stranded vessel. There were two adults in the vessel and two younger individuals. None appeared to be injured. V1 Operator exited the park vessel and attempted to fuel his boat. V1 Operator then informed me that the nozzle on the fuel can was not operational. I proceeded to prepare a tow rope and handed V1 Operator the tow end instructing him to attach it to the bow eye of his vessel. While preparing the boat to be towed, I noticed some water in the bottom of V1 Operator’s vessel. It did not appear to be significant and the vessel was floating with plenty of freeboard. I instructed all passengers on V1 Operator's vessel to don their life vests and began the tow. I had park seasonal employee on board the park patrol vessel and instructed her to feed tow line and keep the line from tangling in the prop. 
  
  While towing V1 Operator's vessel, park seasonal employee indicated to me that the passengers of the tow vessel were bailing water. I observed the individuals bailing water, being that the distance of the tow was minimal and the boat appeared to have sufficient freeboard, we continued the tow. Upon arrival to the courtesy dock, I instructed park seasonal employee to tie off the park patrol vessel. I took the tow rope and pulled V1 Operator's vessel to the north side of the dock with his starboard side adjacent to the dock. Upon pulling the boat next to the dock, I noticed water coming over the stern of the boat. The two younger individuals were able to exit the boat to the dock. I instructed the two individuals seated at the back of the boat to move to the front of the boat in an attempt to level it. An unidentified male was seated in the back of the boat along with V1 Passenger, owner of the boat. They looked at me when I told them to move to the front, but did not appear to understand what I was saying. I again repeated the direction to move to the front of the boat. At that point, both men looked at the back of the boat and saw water coming over the stern and stood up moving to the starboard side of the vessel in an attempt to exit to the dock. When the individuals on board moved to the starboard side this caused a shift in the weight of the boat and the water in the boat shifted to the starboard side causing the starboard side of the vessel to sink and the vessel to capsize. I and another bystander were able to catch the gunnel of the boat and push it away from the dock keeping it from contacting V1 Passenger, V1 Operator, and the unidentified male now in the water between the capsizing vessel and the dock. 
  
  We assisted V1 Passenger, V1 Operator and the unidentified male out of the water and onto the dock. I asked if anyone was injured and was informed they were not. At this point the boat was fully capsized and in order to prevent it from sinking at the back of the dock, I grabbed the tow rope and instructed V1 Operator to assist me in pulling it toward shore. I had park seasonal employee contact Park Law Enforcement Supervisor and inform him of the situation and request his assistance. I also contacted Parks Director and asked him for advice on the situation. After discussion with Director, it was deterimined the best course of action was to utilize the work barge to attempt to right the capsized vessel. I informed V1 Operator of our intentions and let him know that I had sent Park Law Enforcement Supervisor and park seasonal employee to retrieve the park work barge. While awaiting the work barge, V1 Operator and his group flagged down a passing vessel and with their help righted the capsized vessel. When I noticed this, I contacted Park Law Enforcement Supervisor and asked him to cancel the work barge. I decided that we needed to bail V1 Operator's vessel prior to loading it on a trailer as it was completely swamped. As the vessel was near to shore, I contacted Park Law Enforcement Supervisor and asked him and park seasonal employee to bring the park vacuum truck to the site along with an extension vaccum hose. We were able to suction the excess water out of the vessel and get the vessel to float through use of the vacuum truck. 
  
  After floating the boat, V1 Operator's party backed the trailer for the boat down the shallow ramp and we pulled the boat over to the trailer and loaded it without issue. I spoke with V1 Passenger about the boat and informed him I would need to submit a BAR for the incident. I asked him the location of his camp and directed him to stay at his camp until I arrived to inspect the vessel and gather information for the report. At approximately 2000, I met V1 Passenger at his camp and asked him to accompany me to his vessel. With assistance from Park Law Enforcement Supervisor I inspected the vessel and took several photographs of the vessel. The plug was intact when the vessel was capsized, but had been removed once the vessel was returned to camp. Upon inspection of the transom, there appeared to be a separation on the motor mounts where potential water could enter the hull. Also, there appeared to be separation on seam on the back of the transom that could allow water to enter the hull. No other entry points were located that could explain the vessel taking on water.
  
  I provided V1 Passenger with a tort claim form and informed him that if he would like to file a tort claim he could follow the instructions on the form. I also provided V1 Passenger with my contact information in case he needed a copy of the incident report.
  