AT OR AROUND 6:35AM, VESSEL ONE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS THROUGH BOGUE INLET AND ENTER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.  UPON ENTERING THE INLET, operator AND HIS PASSENGERS REALIZED IT WAS TOO ROUGH.  THEY KNEW AT THAT POINT THAT IT WAS EVEN TOO ROUGH TO TURN AROUND AS THEY PROCEEDED THROUGH THE INLET.  VESSEL ONE STRUCK A VERY LARGE WAVE HEAD ON, STANDING THE VESSEL STRAIGHT UP.  WHEN IT STOOD UP, IT TOOK ON WATER OVER THE STERN.  VESSEL ONE THEN CAME BACK DOWN RIGHT SIDE UP BUT WAS HALF FULL OF WATER.  DUE TO THE EXTRA WEIGHT IN THE BOAT, THE NEXT WAVE ROLLED THEM OVER TO THE SIDE.  ALL PASSENGERS WERE THROWN INTO THE WATER AND PICKED UP BY OTHER BOATS.
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