RedactedNarrative: On Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at approximately 11:45 a.m.I over heard State Park Ranger requesting a Game and Fish warden with a boat at Buffalo Bill Reservoir. There were two subjects in the water clinging to a kayak west of the dam that were having a difficult time staying afloat and swimming against the wind. I arrived at the scene at approximately 12:10 p.m. and Park County Search and Rescue had rescued the two subjects already. Both subjects, Operator1 and Operator2, were placed in ambulances but ultimately refused treatment. They left short at approximately 10:00 a.m. and paddled east from Marquette picnic area to a beach area on the south shoreline near the dam, across from the visitor center. 
   
  According to Operator1, the wind had pushed them faster than they thought it would, and once on shore decided to try and paddle back across the lake quartering into the wind. Operator1 said the waves were approximately 2-3 feet high and that his kayak began taking on water. He did not have a spray skirt for the kayak. Operator1's kayak started to sink and he was forced to abandon the kayak as it sunk. Operator2 paddled over to rescue Operator1, but her kayak overturned. Operator2 and Operator1 tried to swim the kayak to the north shore but the wind was too strong. Operator2 waved her paddle in the air and a person on the north shore saw her and called 911. Search and rescue was able to retrieve both subjects from the water. On Wednesday, September 16, 2015, I contacted Operator1 by phone and Operator1 confirmed with me that neither he or Operator2 had a life jacket available as required. Operator1 said that they had never needed one before or experienced the kind of wind and waves that they did the day before.
   