V1 WAS FISHING APPROXIMATELY 26 MILES OFFSHORE OF MAYPORT INLET. V1 OWNER/OPERATOR NOTICED HIS VESSEL FELT HEAVY. HE OPENED THE ENGINE ROOM HATCH AND DISCOVERED IT FULL OF WATER. THE FORWARD CABIN ALSO HAD WATER IN IT. THE WATER WAS COMING IN FASTER THAN THE BILGE PUMP COULD KEEP UP WITH. ONCE IT WAS DETERMINED THE VESSEL WAS GOING TO SINK, THE PASSENGERS GOT PFD'S AND WENT OVERBOARD. ALL PASSENGERS WERE PICKED UP BY A GOOD SAMARITAN VESSEL. SHORTLY AFTER ALL PASSENGERS WERE PICKED UP, THE VESSEL SANK.
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