RedactedNarrative: On 2/2/2022 at 18:30 hrs, a 32 foot albemarle express, vessel 1, which was navigating the oregon inlet while returning from a day of recreational fishing on the atlantic ocean.  Three individuals were on the vessel, the operator and two passengers.  The vessel encountered rough seas, reduced visibility due to fog, and hazardous waters caused by shoaling of the navigable channel.  The vessel ran aground near red lighted buoy #8 on the north side of the oregon inlet and came to rest on the north point of bodie island.
  
  The occupants of the vessel were removed by us coast guard personnel and transported to the coast guard station oregon inlet.  No injuries were reported.
  
  Contributing factors to this incident were shoaling of the navigational channel, hazardous waters due to currents and operator inexperience navigating oregon inlet.
  
  Neither alcohol nor drugs played a factor in this incident.
  
  ***please note:  this report was entered into bard manually due to transmission issues with report beam.***
  
  
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