Unit 1 was traveling south on Lake Keowee near Fall Creek Landing in Salem, SC in Oconee County.  Unit 1 had 3 passengers on board.  The operator of Unit 1 noticed an object in the water and took an evasive maneuver to the left to try to avoid the object, but Unit 1 collided with the floating object in the channel.  The object was a piece of debris approx 3'x3' and mostly submerged in the water.  Unit 1 sustained fiberglass damage to the bottom of the hull near the keel, this included scratches and a hole in the fiberglass.  Unit 1 began to fill with water.  The operator took Unit 1 to shore, beaching the vessel before the vessel became filled with water.  No one was injured.
Lake Keowee