THE INDIVIDUALS LAUNCHED THE BOAT BETWEEN 8 AND 8:30 AM ON 8/29. THE INDIVIDUALS HAD JOKED THAT EVERYONE MUST BE A FAIR-WEATHER FISHERMEN BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SEE ANY OTHER BOATS. IT HAD BEEN RAINING AND WINDY. AS THE INDIVIDUALS WERE FISHING WAVES HAD COME OVER THE BACK OF THE BOAT AND THEY HAD USED THE BILGE PUMP SEVERAL TIMES TO CLEAR THE WATER. AT SOME POINT A FEW LARGE WAVES CAME OVER THE BACK OF THE BOAT AND THE BOAT BEGAN TO SINK. THERE WAS WATER THAT FILLED THE GALLEY AND THE BILGE WAS INEFFECTIVE. THEY WERE ABLE TO RADIO A MAYDAY AND victim WAS ABLE TO CALL 911 PRIOR TO THE BOAT SINKING AND FLIPPING ON ITS STARBOARD SIDE. THEY HELD ON TO THE BOAT UNTIL THE COAST GUARD ARRIVED ON SCENE
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