RedactedNarrative: UNIT 1 EXITED N. EDISTO RIVER IN A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WHEN THEY ENCOUNTERED ROUGH SEA CONDITIONS.  
  
  A WAVE BROKE OVER THE STERN OF UNIT 1 KNOCKING OFF THE OUTBOARD MOTOR COWLING ALLOWING WATER INTO THE INTAKE.  THIS CAUSED THE ENGINE TO CUT OFF.  THE OCCUPANTS RAISED THE SAIL TO MAINTAIN POWER BUT THE WIND WAS TOO LIGHT.  THE ROUGH SEAS PUSHED UNIT 1 ONTO DEVEAUX BANK BREAKING OFF THE KEEL AND EVENTUALLY CAPSIZING UNIT 1.  
  
  ALL THREE OCCUPANTS THEN ABANDONED THE SAILBOAT TO THE DINGY WHERE THEY REMAINED UNTIL THE USCG HELO RESCUED AND TRANSPORTED THEM BACK TO BASE.