VESSEL 1, A JON BOAT STYLE VESSEL WAS ANCHORED IN LAKE SEMINOLE WHEN THE CAPTAIN GOT LAKE DEBRIS IN ITS PROP.  THE CAPTAIN TILTED THE MOTOR UP AND DROPPED ANCHOR SO THAT HE COULD FREE UP THE DEBRIS.  ONCE THE DEBRIS WS REMOVED, THE CAPTAIN BEGAN REVERSING THE VESSEL, WHICH LED TO SWAMPING THE STERN OF THE VESSEL.  ONCE MORE WATER GOT INTO THE VESSEL, THE VESSEL CAPSIZED AND BOTH THE CAPTAIN AND PASSENGER WERE EJECTED INTO THE WATER AND HAD TO HANG ONTO THE VESSEL.  BOTH THE CAPTAIN AND THE PASSENGER WERE NOT WEARING LIFE VESTS. THE PASSENGER DID NOT KNOW HOW TO SWIM.  A GOOD SAMARITAN OBSERVED THE CAPTAIN AND HIS PASSENGER HANGING ON AND CAME TO THEIR AIDE AND BROUGHT THEM TO SHORE.  ONCE THE CAPTAIN RETURNED HOME, HE CONTACTED SEA TOW AND THEY RETRIEVED THE CAPSIZED VESSEL FROM THE LAKE.  THERE WAS APPROX $2000 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO THE VESSEL.  NEITHER CAPTAIN OR PASSENGER WERE INJURED AND REFUSED MEDICAL.
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