DETROIT LAKE, OR (KPTV) -
Marion County Sheriff's Marine Deputies pulled three sunken boats out of Detroit Lake over the weekend.
The first boat sank on Saturday about 200 feet from shore.
Deputies think the boat got a hole in its hull from hitting some rocks while it was tied to its moorage.
The boat began taking on water when Jason Henry, of Timber, tried to take it out for a spin.
Other boaters assisted Henry and two passengers.
The boat was towed to shore.
No one was hurt during the incident, investigators said.
Deputies told FOX 12 that two other boats sank Sunday because of large wakes caused by other boaters.
At about 10:20 a.m., a deputy on patrol spotted a submerged dock near the Mongold boat dock.
Witnesses told him the boat had been tied to rocks near the boat ramp for several days.
The boat was an older, 16-foot model, made of fiberglass, with an Evinrude motor.
It was last registered to someone living in Salem.
The boat was recovered from the lake and is being stored at the Marion County Sheriff's Office until its current owner can be identified.
A few hours after that boat was discovered, investigators found another sunken boat near the Hoover arm of the lake.
They found a 1989, 17-foot Anza boat completely submerged in about 20 feet of water.
The owner, Doug Keil of Stayton, told deputies he'd secured the boat with ropes at the bow and stern while he and his granddaughter camped overnight.
Wakes from passing boats apparently swamped the boat, sinking it, deputies said.
Using pulleys, cables and the Sheriff's Marine boat, deputies and the Sublimity Fire Chief raised the boat to the surface and towed it to the dock.
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