On November 3rd, 2023, at approximately 1515 hours, Game Warden received a call from Baldwin County Sheriff’s office about a boating incident on Lake Sinclair. The incident took place in front of Sinclair Marina and a dock. Baldwin County Sheriff’s office let Game Warden an individual was thrown from his vessel and the vessel contacted a nearby dock stopping the vessel. Game Warden responded at 1548 hours.
	Upon arrival, I spoke with the operator of the vessel. Operator stated that he was out water testing the vessel. He throttled the vessel up to about 15-20 mph to get the boat on plane. Operator then stated while he was trying to get the vessel up to speed, he lost steering control (steering cable broke) and the boat veered left throwing him out. 

The vessel went in circles and ended up contacting a nearby dock several times until it finally became lodged into the dock stopping the vessel. another employee at Sinclair Marina witnessed the vessel traveling in a weird direction with no one in control through the showroom windows. Employee went to rescue Operator from the water and access the boat.
	I spoke with the owner of the dock that was hit by the vessel. She stated that she saw the vessel going in circles near her dock. Then it made contact with the dock several times. GW gathered pictures of the vessel’s damage and the dock’s damage. Operator had no injuries. 
	Witness statements along with the images of the vessel and dock are included in this report.

Lake Sinclair
MILLEDGEVILLE                 