UTAH COUNTY, Utah — An American Fork man and his friend are grateful to be back on dry land this morning.
Deaven Tobler said a windy day created choppy waters and dangerous conditions for them on their sailboat out on Utah Lake.
“Wind in a sailboat is perfect. but Utah Lake is tricky, because it’s shallow, so the chops get thick quick, the lips get high," he said.
Tobler and his friend left the American Fork harbor by 2:00 p.m. it was several hours later upon returning to pick up a friend that the lake conditions made a turn for the worst.
“Sailing is all about feeling and intuition in my opinion," he said. "And today, intuition lost.”
Having acted quickly, Tobler stayed on the boat long enough to call 911 before it went down. They waited for help to arrive from atop the bottom of their now capsized vessel.
“Even in those super stressful situations. It’s like Zen, kind of. It’s a really nice flow…and I mean even going down, I was like - I don’t know, it was calming in a sense," he said.
“For anyone that’s out there that doesn’t swim a lot, doesn’t do a lot of those kinds of things - you’ll realize how dangerous it can get, really quick.”
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