ON THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2023, VESSEL OPERATOR WAS TRAVELING ON LAKE MICHIGAN NEAR BIG ROCK POINT TOWARDS ROUND LAKE WHEN HE STRUCK A ROCK GOING APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES PER HOUR.  THE VESSEL INURED SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE FIBERGLASS HULL AND ONE OF THE 2,500 HP OUTBOARD ENGINES.  THE VESSEL BEGAN TO FILL WITH WATER SHORTLY THEREAFTER.  WHEN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND COAST GUARD ARRIVED ON SCENE, THE VESSEL WAS BEING TOWED BY ANOTHER AND THE AFFECTED VESSEL HAD APPROXIMATELY 8 INCHES OF WATER INSIDE THE CAB.  THE MEMBERS OF THE CREW WERE STILL IN THE VESSEL AS IT WAS SINKING AND WERE BOARDED ONTO THE COAST GUARD VESSEL.  THE VESSEL WAS THEN ESCORTED BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE COAST GUARD THROUGH THE PINE RIVER CHANNEL AND AROUND THE LAKE TO THE CHARLEVOIX MUNICIPAL MARINA.    NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED BY ANY OF THE CREW ABOARD THE VESSEL.
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