Location: Eastern Ontario | I know small boat are required to be built with level flotation. At what size is this no longer a requirement?
Two men are safe and sound, but were treated for hypothermia, after their fishing boat sank in the Bay of Quinte, west of Bakers Island near 8 Wing/CFB Trenton, just after 10:30 a.m. Thursday.
Quinte West OPP responded to the area after the bass boat began taking on water.
Police said the boat eventually sank and the two occupants, both in their forties, were forced intowater and attempt to swim to shore.
Police did not release the boaters' names or where they were from. Fire Chief John Whelan said one man made it to shore swimming, while the other was picked up by a private boater. Both were treated at hospital for hypothermia and the owner of the vessel has been told he must make arrangements to have it hauled up and removed from the bottom of the bay.
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