OCCUPANTS WERE SAILING VESSEL TO MISSISSIPPI WHEN THEY WERE STRUCK BY A WAVE. THEY HEARD A LOUD CRACK AND KNEW THAT THEY HAD SUSTAINED DAMAGE. WHEN THEY TRIED TO ENTER THE LONGBOAT KEY PASS THEY HAD ENGINE TROUBLE AND DRIFTED ON TO A SANDBAR OFF OF 455 LONGBOAT CLUB ROAD ON LONGBOAT KEY. DUE TO THE ROUGH CONDITIONS AND DAMAGE TO THEIR VESSEL, RATHER THAN WAIT FOR HIGH TIDE, THE OCCUPANTS USED THEIR DINGHY TO GET TO SHORE.
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