RedactedNarrative: At approximately 1945 hours on 2/25/21 a vessel operated by OP1 outside of the Sebastian Inlet, was unintentionally beached just south of the south jetty of the Sebastian Inlet in Indian River County. I spoke to the operator, who stated that he was fishing just off shore and was attempting to pass through the inlet, however the north jetty being closed and not having any lights on, caused him to believe the south jetty was the north jetty. When he realized he was heading towards the beach, he attempted to reverse the vessel. The tides were too rough for him to reverse, and he collided with the shoreline. While on the beach, several bystanders attempted to turn his vessel, however they were unable to turn it further than perpendicular to the water. While perpendicular, the vessel began to take waves over the port side. This filled the vessel with sand and caused it to list to the port side. This story was confirmed by the witnesses on the beach. 
  Sea Tow was onsite attempting to remove the vessel. Due to the large amount of sand the vessel had taken on, they were unable to simply pull it off the beach. They received permission from park staff to  bring heavy machinery onto the beach as long as kept it off the dunes. 
  On the morning of February 26, 2021, I was able to confirm with park staff that the vessel was removed from the beach.
  