OPERATOR STATED THEY LAUNCHED V1 AT THE RANCHETTE ACCESS ON THE WHITE RIVER.  RIVER FLOW AT THE TIME WAS VERY STRONG DUE TO 6 OUT OF 8 GENERATORS GOING ON THE RIVER AT THE TIME.  

OPERATOR STATED THEY FISHED FOR ABOUT AN HOUR WHEN THEY RAN OUT OF GAS.  THEY ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE TANKS BUT WERE UNABLE TO GET THE OTHER TANK TO "HOOK UP" BECAUSE THE FITTING WAS DIFFERENT; SO THEY PANICKED AND BEGAN TRYING TO POUR THE GAS OUT OF THE FULL TANK INTO THE EMPTY ONE WHICH WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. 

THEY NOTICED THEY WERE ABOUT TO STRIKE A DOCK AND ATTEMPTED TO PADDLE AWAY BUT WERE OVERCOME BY THE STRONG CURRENT. V1 STRUCK THE DOCK AND IMMEDIATELY FLIPPED, EJECTING THEM BOTH. THE OPERATOR CAME UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER BUT THE VICTIM WAS SWEPT UNDER THE DOCK AND THEN DOWNSTREAM.  THE VICTIM WAS RECOVERED SEVERAL YARDS DOWNSTREAM.  

OPERATOR STATED THEY HAD NEVER FISHED THIS BODY OF WATER AND HE TURNED OVER POSSESSION OF HIS BOAT TO THE RECOVERER.
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