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The National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday released its findings on a boat that capsized in Lake Tahoe during stormy weather, leaving eight dead and two injured. NTSB's report reveals several new details, from when the boat first launched from Tahoe City to the unsafe conditions that caused the capsizing and to when witnesses and first responders tried rescuing the people amid stormy winds and tall waves. Another question from the initial investigation answered in the report was that lifejackets were accessible aboard the Over the Moon, a 28-foot-long recreational vessel that capsized near the D.L. Bliss State Park."If there was ever a situation where I felt the passengers were in danger, I'd insist they put on life jackets. So often when you see these tragedies, they so often aren't wearing life jackets," said Captain James Carvelho with Sac Brew Boat. Carvelho has a master mariner's license from the U.S. Coast Guard and reacted to the news of the report on Wednesday night. Timeline chronicled by the NTSBOver the Moon launched from a boat ramp in Tahoe City about 10:40 a.m. on June 21, the day of the accident. At the time, four people were on board; two of them were the boat's registered owners. One of the two was the sole operator.The operator drove the vessel to two nearby marinas, where they picked up six more adults at the second marina.The boat then headed to Emerald Bay, on the western side of the lake. The boat was anchored there for at least an hour.NTSB cited that weather conditions at the time were clear skies, with light southerly winds. The National Weather Service had not issued any warnings or advisories for the day.Changes in weatherNWS in Reno noted a chance for occasional showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon, but noted those chances were initially at 10-20%. NOAA/National Weather Service Meteorologist in Charge Chris Smallcomb told KCRA 3 days after the boating accident that the change in weather that later occurred was "sudden, localized and of limited predictability." Read more about that here. Shortly before 2 p.m., the operator decided to return to the marina where he picked up the six passengers as clouds increased. But winds, rain and waves strengthened, prompting the operator to try to return to Emerald Bay. About 10 minutes later, the operator tried to return to the marina a second time.NTSB said one of the survivors from the boating accident told investigators that two-to-three foot waves were splashing against the boat amid pouring rain while it was away from Emerald Bay. At this time, no water was accumulating on deck.As winds kept increasing, the survivor reported marble-sized hail collecting in the boat and the waves reaching up to 10 feet high. She recalled a few of the waves breaking over the sides and bow of the boat, making about an inch of water accumulate on deck. She said the bilge pumps to remove water from the lowest part of the boat's hull were on.Worsening conditionsNTSB said at 2:36 p.m., time lapse footage from a camera about 1.5 nautical miles (1.7 miles) from where the boat capsized captured whitecaps, waves with a foam crest, on the lake and low-layer clouds moving from north to south.At 2:45 p.m., that same camera showed blowing rain and mixed freezing precipitation before snow formed at 2:49 p.m. At 2:53 p.m., an automated weather reporting station recorded winds from the north at 16 mph with peak gusts reaching almost 40 mph.NTSB said at some point, Over the Moon's engine stopped and the boat ended up sideways, taking on water. Some of the passengers tried to bail the water out of the boat as it continued to submerge. What the NTSB described as "a particularly large wave" hit the boat, causing it to take on even more water.One of the survivors had a lifejacket on and distributed more to everyone else on board, but NTSB said no one else put them on immediately.After the boat rolled over to its right side, the passengers got into the water. The survivor recalled to investigators that it started snowing after the boat rolled over while the people were still in the water. No distress call had been made from Over the Moon.At 2:57 p.m., a group of hikers saw the boat capsize after a large wave hit it. A minute afterward, one of the hikers called 911. Another hiker and a California State Parks lifeguard helped recover the passengers from the water.As more first responders arrived to help, a sheriff's marine unit reported seeing eight-foot waves. Crews pulled eight people from the water, two of them being the survivors. The other six died at the scene despite CPR being performed on some of them.NTSB said the six who died did not have lifejackets on. Of the survivors, one had theirs on, and the other person was clinging to one. Both were taken to the hospital for treatment.Meteorologist Ophelia Young said rain and winds diminished by 4:20 p.m. NTSB said the snow stopped at 4:05 p.m., and the skies were cloudless by 5:25 p.m.The victims in this boating accident were: Paula Bozinovich, 71 years old, from Redwood CityTerry Pickles, 73 years old, from Redwood CityJoshua Antony Pickles, 37 years old, from San FranciscoPeter Bayes, 72 years old, from LincolnTimothy O’Leary, 71 years old, from AuburnTheresa Giullari, 66 years old, from Honeoye, NYJames Guck, 69 years old, from Honeoye, NYStephen Lindsay, 63 years old, from Springwater, NYThe day after the accidentNTSB said crews found the remaining two passengers from the lake bottom near where the boat capsized on June 22. They also found two lifejackets and one life ring.A salvage company recovered the boat, which the U.S. Coast Guard and NTSB examined. They did not find any evidence of a hull leak, grounding or contact with any object. NTSB is still examining Over the Moon's two bilge pumps and engine fuel filter.NTSB said toxicology test results for alcohol and other drugs are still pending.What we know about the Over the Moon VesselIt was a privately owned 28-foot-long Chris-Craft Launch-28 GT. The 2023 gas-powered vessel had a seating capacity for 12 people and had two 1,100 gallons-per-hour automatic bilge pumps.