According to the operator he and three others had taken his grady white approximately 15 miles off shore fishing.  Their trip was cut short due to heavy surf being created by tropical storm berryl.  As they were coming in hatteras inlet at the second marker, the subject advised that it was extremely heavy surg, "nothing but white water".  Then operator advised he went up one big sea and the next one capsized him.  The operator advised that he had to look for daylight to find his way out from inside the cabin.  All four subjects were able to stay with the vessel as they drifted almost two and 1/2 miles down the ocracoke beach.  One subject swam to shore and contacted 911.  The others eventually drifted to shore with the vessel.  Nps, hyde county ems, and hyde county so arrived on scene  us coast guard helicopter flew one person to vidant medical center in greenville, nc.  Spencer beach towing removed the destroyed vessel and debris from the beach.  The use of alcohol and drugs was not detected in this incident.  Proper safety gear was on board due to the operator advising that they had been inspected by the uscg on their way out that morning.  An mb4.1 is not included because i have been unsuccessful in contacting the subject since i initially made contact with him by phone.
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