RedactedNarrative: ON THURSDAY FEBRUARY 25, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 6:30 P.M. OPERATOR 1 WAS CRUISING INTO BROWNS INLET FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, HE LEFT MOREHEAD CITY AROUND 1230 THAT AFTERNOON AND HAD SAILED MOST OF THE DAY BUT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT HE WAS UNDER POWER FROM THE MOTOR AND HAD LET THE SAILS DOWN.  OPERATOR 1 WAS TRYING TO GET TO THE ICW, OPERATOR 1 WAS USING A CHART AS A NAVIGATION AID BUT HE WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH BROWNS INLET, HE RAN INTO SOMETHING HARD HE BELIEVES IT MAY HAVE BEEN A SHOAL. OPERATOR 1 ATTEMPTED TO FREE THE VESSEL BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. THE VESSEL WAS BEING HIT BY WAVES CONTINUOUSLY AND THE VESSEL STARTED TAKING ON WATER. OPERATOR 1 SENT A DISTRESS SIGNAL FOR HELP. OPERATOR 1 HAD A DINGY THAT HE THREW INTO THE WATER AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO SHORE AND THAT''S WHERE THE COAST GUARD FOUND HIM. THE COAST GUARD DID SEVERAL FLY OVERS TO TRY AND LOCATE THE SUNKEN VESSEL BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE IT.