RedactedNarrative: On October 3rd, 2020 at approximately 2:00 PM, I Officer with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, heard on the radio from dispatch of a vessel that was sinking about 30 miles offshore of Venice Inlet. At that time, I began to drive to Venice Marine Building where our offshore vessels are kept on a lift. By the time I arrived at the office I received word that all persons on the vessel managed to get onto another vessel, and that the original vessel in destress sank. Also, the Sarasota Sheriff’s Office was with the them. I drove to Crows Nest Marina, in the Venice inlet and stood by until they pulled into the inlet. 
  
  	When the vessel pulled into the inlet at approximately 3:30 PM, I spoke with the owner of the sunken vessel. He informed me that they had just begun to drive the vessels back when his vessel’s motor cut off. When they opened the bilge compartment, they realized that the vessel was taking on a lot of water. He informed me that everyone onboard his vessel loaded onto his friend’s vessel. Within 20 minutes his vessel sank. 
  
  	There was no other action taken at this point. This concludes my investigation.
  