FAIRHOPE, Ala. - A 43-foot powerboat has leaked at least 40 gallons of fuel into Fly Creek the past three days, after sinking Sunday in a slip at the marina there, according to Fly Creek Marina.

“The Coast Guard is making sure the situation is being addressed properly because some of the fuel leaked out of the tank,” Fly Creek Marina manager Don Jepsen said Tuesday, adding that a private company working for the agency had recovered about 40 gallons of fuel from the water around the sunken boat. “They’ve got the booms around it and the ones that soak up the fuel.”

The boat, owned by Mike Kent, arrived under its own power late Saturday night from the Pensacola area, Jepsen said.

“At 7:30 a.m. Sunday when I arrived, the Coast Guard, marine police, two fire trucks, the Fairhope police and emergency cleanup and boom patrol were there,” said Tricia Niemeyer, who owns Fly Creek Cafe, adding it was her understanding that about 100 gallons of fuel had leaked from the boat into the water.

On Tuesday morning, Kent was up to his neck in the cold fuel-stained water, seeking to repair the boat, while a generator pumped water out of its bilge.

”The objective is to raise the boat as quickly as possible,” Jepsen said. “That will eliminate the possibility of any more fuel getting into the water.”

Efforts to contain the spill and recover leaked fuel continued Tuesday, Jepsen said.

Jepsen said the boat could be described as a salvage vessel, which probably sank due to “packing material that’s put in there” around the shaft or prop that runs through the boat “letting go.”

“It’s definitely not a new boat,” Jepsen said.