RedactedNarrative: Sailing vessel Fleetwood with state numbers WN 6520 NL was sailing up the coast off Northhampton County, VA and was being steered by wind vane, around 0230 there was a westerly wind and the Captain was resting.  Sometime before 0400 the wind changed to the South and the vessel to turn towards the shore.  The alarm either did not work, or did not wake up operator.  The vessel's keel hit bottom compromising the hull and the cabin began to flood.   Operator had to abandon his vessel and enter his life raft, where the Coast Guard vessel picked him up.  The vessel sunk and is now resting on state bottom in the Ship Shoal Inlet area in position 37.12740N and 75.50724W.