RedactedNarrative: On monday, 9/28/21 around 2pm, operator was sailing the icw near the pungo river-alligator river canal and began having issues with his vessel.  Water was coming up into the hull and he was having difficulties with his motor.  A good samaritan offered to tow operator and his vessel down the icw.  
  
  Once they arrived at the mouth of the canal, the tow vessel was overheating and needed to discontinue towing operations, at which point operator and subject went different directions.  Shortly after, subject observed operator's vessel drifting with the head sail in the water.  No radio contact could be made, and operator was not in the vessel.  Uscg, ncwrc, nc marine fisheries, tyrrell co so and hyde co so were called out for search and rescue operations; and continued these efforts through the night and into today. Nc emergency management, hertford county side scan sonar boats, and bunyan side scan sonar boats assisted the other agencies with search and rescue operations.  On 9/30/21 around 9:49am, the deceased body of operator was located.
  
  
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  IT IS UNKNOWN WHETHER OR NOT THE VICTIM WORE A LIFE JACKET.