VESSEL 1 WAS AT ANCHOR FISHING ALONG THE SHORE OF THE NEUSE RIVER OUTSIDE ORIENTAL.  VESSEL 1 HAD TAKEN MANY CONSECUTIVE POUNDING WAVES FROM THE ROUGH WATERS DUE TO THE WINDY CONDITIONS AND ROUGH SEAS.  WITH THE ANCHOR LINE BEING AS TIGHT AS IT WAS, THE BOAT WAS TAKING A SEVERE BEATING FROM THE ROUGH WATERS.  DUE TO THE ROUGH WATERS, THE BOAT TOOK A WAVE OVER THE BOW.  AT THIS TIME WATER WEIGHED THE BOAT DOWN AND THE BOAT TOOK ON THREE MORE WAVES CONSECUTIVELY OVER THE BOW.  THE CREW MOVED FROM THE STERN OF THE BOAT TO TRY AND BALANCE THE WEIGHT FROM THE WATER IN THE STERN.  ONE OF THE CREW MEMBERS ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE ANCHOR, BUT THERE WAS TOO MUCH TENSION.  THE BOAT CAPSIZED FROM THE ROCKING AND NOT HAVING STABILITY DUE TO THE WATER BEING IN THE BOAT.  NEITHER ALCOHOL NOR DRUGS WERE NOTED AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE BOAT WAS EQUIPPED WITH PFDS, BUT THEY WERE NOT USED BY ANY OF THE SURVIVORS.  NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT.
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