AT OR AROUND 8:35AM ON JULY 1, 2012, VESSEL ONE WAS TRAVELING OUT BEAUFORT INLET TO GO FISHING.  VESSEL ONE GOT HIT FROM THE STARBOARD SIDE BY A LARGE WAVE PUSHING THE BOW OF THE BOAT TOWARDS THE SHIPPING CHANNEL.  WHEN VESSEL ONE WAS PUSHED LEFT, A WAVE WASHED INTO THE BOAT AND PUSHED IT BACK TOWARDS THE SHOAL.  AFTER TAKING SEVERAL WAVES INTO THE BOAT, IT BECAME FLOODED AND STUCK ON THE SHOAL.  THE BOAT CONTINUED TO GET POUNDED BY WAVES UNTIL A TOWING COMPANY TRANSFERRED THE PASSENGERS FROM THE VESSEL TO THE USCG BOAT.

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