RedactedNarrative: On 10/27/17 at approximately 0400am, Florida registered vessels FL1282NM became grounded approximately 400 yards east of 3001 S Ponte Vedra Blvd. The surf pushed the vessel onto the beach.
  
  I asked operator to give me a synopsis of the events surrounding the boating accident. He advised me that at approximately 0930pm on 10/26/17, he along with his finance and 2 children came out of Mayport Inlet in Jacksonville and headed south with a destination of New Smyrna Beach. 
  
  He advised that he had just purchased the sailboat a week prior in Jacksonville. He was operating his sailboat around the one mile mark. Approximately a quarter mile North of the location of the initial grounding, he saw a shrimp boat heading North trawling. 
  
  The shrimp boat was altering its course to the East. In response, he altered his course to the West to avoid getting in the way of the shrimp boat. He altered his course too far West causing him to hit a sandbar approximately 400 yards off the beach. 
  
  As the waves broke over the sandbar, he was able to inch his sailboat off and move South. However, the waves continued to push him closer and closer to the shoreline. When he was approximately 100 yards from the shoreline, he realized that he and his family may need help and he called Mayday over the VHF radio. When he realized his transmission over the VHF was unsuccessful, he called 911. 
  
  St Augustine Fire Station 9 who happened to be directly across the street from Operator's location responded. They walked out along a sandbar to the location of Operator's grounded vessel. They directed him along with his occupants to get off the boat and took them back to shore. Operator did not have time to throw an anchor out. He along with his occupants were taken back to Fire Station 9. After going home, he returned to the location of his vessel later in the day to come up with a plan to remove the vessel. The vessel was no longer 100 yards off the beach. The surf pushed the vessel completely onto the shoreline approximately 10 yards North of 3001 S Ponte Vedra Blvd.
  