RedactedNarrative: ON JUNE 18, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 1022, I, OFFICER WITH NC WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION DIVISION OF ENFORCEMENT, RESPONDED TO A BOAT INCIDENT INVOLVING A CAPSIZED VESSEL AND THREE INDIVIDUALS IN THE WATER.  AT THIS TIME, I PATROLLED TO NE 55TH STREET AND MET WITH VESSEL ONE AND ITS PASSENGERS.  AT THIS TIME, I MET WITH THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL ONE, V1 OPERATOR.  V1 OPERATOR WAS OPERATING A 14-FOOT 1990 CAROLINA SKIFF MODEL 1450 WITH TWO PASSENGERS ON BOARD.  V1 OPERATOR STATED THAT THEY LAUNCHED FROM THE OAK ISLAND PUBLIC BOATING ACCESS AREA LOCATED OFF NE 55TH AND TURNED LEFT TOWARD THE MIDDLETON BRIDGE HEADED WEST ON THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY KEEPING THE RED DAY MARKER ON THEIR RIGHT AND GREEN ON THEIR LEFT.  V1 OPERATOR AND PASSENGERS STATED THAT THEY MADE THEIR WAY ONTO THE ICW AND STEERED FOR THE STARBOARD SIDE OF THE CHANNEL RUNNING IN APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 5 FEET OF WATER WHILE STAYING OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF THE CHANNEL.  VESSEL ONE STATED THAT THEY WERE NEARING VETERANS PARK WHEN A LARGE 40-FOOT WHITE IN COLOR ONSLOW BAY WITH 4 WHITE IN COLOR AND RED TRIM 450 MERCURY ENGINES PASSED THEM ON THEIR PORT SIDE HEADING THE SAME DIRECTION AND GAVE WAY TO VESSEL ONE.  VESSEL ONE STATED THAT THE UNKNOWN VESSEL TWO WENT APPROXIMATELY HALF A MILE AND EITHER PICKED UP A PASSENGER OR DROPPED ONE OFF AT A PIER.  VESSEL ONE STATED THAT THE UNKNOWN VESSEL TWO THEN TURNED ITS BOW IN VESSEL ONE'S DIRECTION AND BEGAN OPERATING TOWARD VESSEL ONE.  VESSEL ONE STATED THAT THEY REMAINED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CHANNEL AND CONTINUED WEST TOWARD MIDDLETON BRIDGE.  VESSEL ONE STATED THAT THE UNKNOWN VESSEL TWO BEGAN TO VEER TOWARD VESSEL ONE WHILE THROWING A LARGE WAKE BEHIND IT.  VESSEL ONE STATED THAT THE UNKNOWN VESSEL TWO CAME WITHIN 20 TO 30 FEET OF VESSEL ONE.  VESSEL ONE STATED THAT THE FIRST WAKE CAUSED THE BOW OF VESSEL ONE TO RISE AND FALL WHILE THE SECOND WAKE FLOODED OVER THE TOP OF THE BOW OF VESSEL ONE.  VESSEL ONE STATED THAT THE VESSEL REMAINED BUOYANT AND BEGAN TO DRIFT.  VESSEL ONE STATED THAT THE OCCUPANTS ATTEMPTED TO ROCK THE VESSEL IN AN EFFORT TO ASSIST THE BILGE PUMP TO EMPTY THE WATER.  VESSEL ONE STATED THAT EXCESS WATER IN THE VESSEL CAUSED THE VESSEL TO CAPSIZE.  VESSEL ONE APPROXIMATELY TWO TO THREE MINUTES AFTER THE THROWN WAKE, CAPSIZED DUMPING THE THREE OCCUPANTS AND LOSING THEIR GEAR.  NO PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICES WERE USED AS THEY WERE ON BOARD.  VESSEL ONE AND THE OCCUPANTS WERE THEN ASSISTED TO SHORE.  I, OFFICER, ALONGSIDE BRUNSWICK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND NC MARINE PATROL ATTEMPTED TO LOCATE UNKNOWN VESSEL 2.  I, OFFICER, HAVING KNOWLEDGE OF THE UPCOMING FISHING TOURNAMENT THE FOLLOWING DAY HAD THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL ONE MEET AND WATCH FOR THE UNKNOWN VESSEL TWO ON THE SHORE IN AN EFFORT TO IDENTIFY THE UNKNOWN VESSEL.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL ONE COULD NOT POSITIVELY IDENTIFY THE SUSPECTED VESSEL.  THE REPORT WAS COMPLETED WITH ONLY ONE KNOWN VESSEL.  END OF REPORT.
  
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