RedactedNarrative: VESSEL ONE, A 1990 COLE, WAS LEAVING THE AREA OF STANDARD WASH COVE DUE TO A LARGE STORM APPROACHING.  THE OPERATOR ADVISED THAT AS HE WAS LEAVING AND TRAVELING NORTHBOUND OUT OF THE COVE WHEN HE REALIZED THAT THE WAVES WERE TO LARGE FOR HIS VESSEL TO HANDLE, SO HE TURNED AROUND (SOUTHBOUND) BACK TOWARDS SHORE.  THE OPERATOR ADVISED THAT AS HE WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES PER HOUR AND WAS APPROXIMATLEY 15 FEET FROM SHORE, THE BOAT TOOK SEVERAL LARGES WAVES OVER THE BOW OF THE BOAT.  THE OPERATOR ADVISED THAT THE BOAT BECAME SWAMPED, THEN SUNK.  THE OPERATOR AND ALL OF THE PASSENGERS WERE ABLE TO SWIM TO SHORE.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  THE VESSEL WAS WAS PARTIALLY STICKING OUT OF THE WATER APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET FROM SHORE.