On 6/24/23, at approximately 1351 hours, Operator was traveling northwest while operating his vessel (V1) near Sand Harbor. He saw the hazard buoys indicating there is a hazard shoreward. He failed to stay out of the hazard zone. He said he was going slow to look for rocks just under the surface. He failed to see the rocks in time and struck a submerged rock with his engine's lower unit. This caused the part of the i/o engine attached to the transom to crack. The breach in the seal allowed water into V1. A good samaritan in another vessel towed V1 to Sand Harbor's launch ramp before V1 could sink.
Lake Tahoe
Incline Village               