RedactedNarrative: ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 2021 AT APPROXIMATLEY 9:37 AM, A VESSEL CAPSIZED IN THE OREGON INLET CHANNEL WHILE RETURNING TO OREGON INLET FISHING CENTER.
  
  A 24' VESSEL WAS NAVIGATING IN THE OREGON INLET CHANNEL WHEN IT ENCOUNTERED ROUGH CONDTIONS CAUSING THE VESSEL TO CAPSIZE ON ITS STARBOARD SIDE.
  
  THE TWO PASSENGERS WERE EJECTED FROM THE VESSEL IMMEDIATELY WHILE THE OPERATOR WAS TEMPORARILY TRAPPED AT THE HELM BEFORE SWIMMING OUT ONCE THE VESSEL CAPSIZED.  ONE OF THE PASSENGERS SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO THE TOP OF HIS HEAD AND TORE HIS LEFT BICEP DUE TO IMPACT WITH THE VESSEL.  THE PASSENGER REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT AND STATED HE WOULD SEEK TREATMENT AT A LATER TIME.
  
  THE USCG OREGON INLET RESPONDED AND RETRIEVED TWO OF THE OCCUPANTS FROM THE OVERTURNED VESSEL AND ANOTHER OCCUPANT WAS PICKED UP BY A NEARBY VESSEL.  THE OCCUPANTS WERE TRANSPORTED BACK TO USCG STATION OREGON INLET. THE VESSEL WAS RECOVERED BY SEA TOW AND RETURNED TO SHORE.
  
  THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT WAS IMPROPER TYPE/SIZE OF VESSEL FOR THE CURRENT CONDITIONS AND WEATHER/WIND CREATING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.  OCEAN CONDITIONS WERE BEGINNING TO DETERIORATE DUE TO INCOMING OFFSHORE STORM.
  
  
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