VESSEL OPERATOR SAID HE WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE AREA.  HE STATED HE RAN AGROUND AND THEN HE WAS ABLE TO PUSH OFF.  HE THEN REALIZED HE COULD NOT STEER THE VESSEL AND RAN AGROUND AGAIN.  HARBOR SPRINGS PD ARRIVED ON SCENE FIRST AND TOWED THE VESSEL TO A LOCAL BOAT SHOP.  EMMET COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ESCORTED THE TOW.
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