RedactedNarrative: On November 15, 2020, at approximately 1430 hours, Operator1 was responding as a Coast Guard Auxiliary member to a disabled vessel in the Currituck sound.  Operator1 was operating a 22' Donzi (V1). Operator1 was called off of the incident by Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet due to response from Sea Tow.  
  
  Operator1 stated that he was going to respond as a good Samaritan and stand by in the event of an emergency.  Operator1 pulled alongside a disabled vessel.  Operator2 was operating a 16' Spectrum (V2) that had lost its motor about an hour earlier. 
       
  V1 pulled alongside V2 and threw them ropes and instructed them to tie the boats together.  Operator1 stated that he was attempting to use forward momentum to stabilize the two vessels.  V1 has a considerable amount of water in it to begin with, which was confirmed by both operators. 
  
  While attempting to throttle up, V1 began taking on water and rolled toward V2.  Operator2 was able to untie V2 from V1 but stated that the T-top on V2 had gotten stuck on his boat.  Due to V1 being stuck on it as well as the weather conditions, V2 ended up flipping over as well and all occupants from both vessels were ejected into the water.  All persons were able to climb onto the overturned V2 except for Operator1.  Sea Tow was able to rescue all persons involved in the incident with no injury. 
  
  Attached in the report is a video of the incident from the perspective of Sea Tow, who had arrived on scene to tow V2 just as V1 rolled onto its side.
  
  When V1 was salvaged by Boat US.  It was discovered that there was no bilge plug installed, which led to V1 filling with water and ultimately led to the capsizing of both vessels.
  
  
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