RedactedNarrative: SYNOPSIS:
  A boat had lost mechanical power and drifted in high winds into the south side of the island during a wind storm on Sand Hollow Reservoir. All occupants were safely rescued. The partially submerged vessel was towed back to the docks and loaded onto its trailer. While loading the vessel oil booms were placed around the vessel to contain the leaking oil and gas.
  
  NARRATIVE/ISLAND:
  On Saturday, July 13, 2019, while rescuing stranded swimmers from the floating dock on the west side of the island. I was waved down by a boat and told that a boat had lost power and drifted into the back side of the island. I dropped the swimmers off at the main boat ramp and proceeded to the back side of the island.  The wind was gusting between 30-40 MPH when I found the boat on the south side of the island. The vessel was partially beached as waves continued to beat the vessel against the rocks.
  
  I made contact with the three occupants of the vessel and made sure they were safe and everybody aboard the vessel was accounted for. The wind gusts were too strong to get close enough to tow the boat off the rocks. The waves were approximately 2 feet high and filled the vessel with water.  I notified Washington County Search and Rescue (SAR) that the vessel was partially submerged and would be requiring assistance from the dive team to get the vessel back to the dock.
  
  When the wind died down, I was able to get close enough to the island to get the three occupants on board my vessel and take them back to the docks. No one was injured and they denied medical.
  
  VESSEL TOW:
  When the storm passed, I took members of the SAR and Rangers back out to tow the vessel back to the docks. We were able to tie our tow rope to the front of the vessel and towed the partially submerged vessel back to the dock.  When loading the vessel onto its trailer, we noticed that the vessel was leaking oil and gasoline. With the help of SAR, we place oil booms around the vessel to absorb the oil and gasoline from contaminating the reservoir.
  
  WITNESS STATEMENTS:
  
  - "Our boat stalled and the wind blew our boat into the rocks. No one was hurt, but the boat took in a lot of water".
  
  - "The wind started to pick up so we were going to the dock to leave. The engine would not start, the waves got large and threw is against the rocks. The boat started to sink. We hopped on the rocks".
  
  - "We saw an incoming storm and tried to leave. Boat started up and drove  yards and died. The storm came through and blew us into the rocks".
  
  Pictures available upon request. Pictures files are too large to upload.
  
  End of Report