RedactedNarrative: July 3, 2022 - Sunday
  
  On the above date, while on patrol in the ICW in Middle Township, Cape May County, a distress call was transmitted on VHF Channel 16 indicating that a personal watercraft was sinking in the ICW near the Ocean Drive Bridge. I notified 1O Comm of the distress call and proceeded to the area. Upon arrival I found a white and red Sea Doo PWC bearing NJ registration. The vessel was floating bow-up just east of the channel with no one on board. At that time I located the two people who had been on board, they had been pulled from the water and were on board another vessel, who had also made the distress transmission.
  
  Operator 1 stated in effect that he had put the PWC in the water at the Avalon Bay Park Boat Ramp and had taken the PWC out through Townsend's Inlet, south along the beach, then back in through Hereford Inlet. Operator 1 said that they had been out for approximately two hours and were west of the Ocean Drive Bridge when the oil alarm started going off. According to Operator 1 he took the PWC to the Grassy Sound Marina where he checked the oil. 
  
  Operator 1 stated that the oil tank was full, and there was no water under the PWC's cowlings. Operator 1 said he decided to take the PWC back to the Avalon Bay Park Boat Ramp to pull it out of the water. Operator 1 said that he was slowly moving northbound in the ICW near Day Beacon #436 when the PWC's "oil" and "hot" alarms began sounding. Operator 1 said the PWC then began to smoke, then the vessel shut itself down. Operator 1 continued that they were adrift for a short time before he noticed the PWC sinking, the vessel was quickly submerged and they were rescued from the water.
  
  Investigation at the scene revealed the vessel sank for an unknown reason. The vessel presented a hazard to navigation, so it was towed to Dad's Place Marina, where it was secured at the bottom of the ramp to be retrieved by the owner at a later time. I transported Operator 1 and his passenger to Dad's Place Marina where they were dropped off at the dock.
  
  July 7, 2022 - Thursday
  
  On the above date I made contact with the owner, who advised that due to the damage the PWC had suffered, he had given the vessel to Dad's Place Marina. I made contact with the marina's mechanics, who advised that the PWC's main drive seal carrier had failed, causing the PWC to take on water.
  