RedactedNarrative: Around 7:00 pm I received a call from Raleigh Dispatch stating there was a missing boater, Operator1, in the East Lake area of Dare County.  I arrived at Mans Harbor access area around 8:00 pm and launched my patrol vessel and proceeded to the East Lake area. At around 9:00 pm I received a call from a NC Marine Patrol unit that the operator of Vessel #1, Operator1, had been located and transported to the Mashoes Access area, and was being transported to OBX Hospital to be treated for hypothermia, I met Operator1 at the hospital.
  
  Operator1 stated that he had put a new motor on his vessel and was going to take it out and make sure everything was running right. Operator1 launched vessel #1 from Mashoes access at approximately 1:00 pm and had been out on the water for approximately two and a half hours. His vessel started taking water over the stern at a fast rate, Operator1 turned vessel #1 towards the nearest shore line and began taking on more water from the stern.  At this point vessel #1 capsized.  Operator1 stayed with his vessel as it began drifting to shore.  Operator1 walked to shore and was picked up on the shore line approximately two miles from Mashoes access. Operator1 was transported to OBX hospital and treated for hypothermia.
  