RedactedNarrative: On Wednesday, June 1, 2016, at approximately 6:20 pm, a vessel ran aground on South Hutchinson Island, approximately a half mile south of Frederick Douglas Park. The vessel had five occupants on board at the time of the grounding. 
  
  Operator1 and the other four occupants departed Fishermans Wharf Boat Ramp sometime between 2 to 2:30 pm that afternoon. They headed offshore and planned to fish the offshore buoys near the St. Lucie Power Plant. 
  
  According to Operator1, the boat had been running properly for the past few times that he had used it. He had taken it out during memorial day weekend and did not have any issues. Operator1 said that they had made it to one of the offshore bouys at the power plant with no issues. While headed back towards the Fort Pierce Inlet, the motor began to stall out. Operator1 tried to restart the motor multiple times but was unable to keep the motor running. 
  
  At the time the motor went out, they were approximately a half mile off of the shore line. operator had the engine hatch opened and began trouble shooting the motor. While Operator1 was troubleshooting the motor, the boat drifted into shore. At that point, the occupants decided to abandon the boat and were going to attempt to push the boat off the shore. They were unable to manually push the boat off the bottom and the waves pushed the boat further on shore. 
  
  At 6:20 pm, the St. Lucie County Sheriffs Office received a phone call from one of the occupants of the vessel. Occupant explained that the boat was beached on the shoreline and everyone was ok. The Sheriff's office contacted Coast Guard Station Fort Pierce at 6:27 pm and informed them of the situation. Coast Guard sent a land unit to the location and called FWC. FWC received a phone call from Coast Guard at approximately 6:48 pm. Coast Guard also contacted Sea Tow to see if they could send someone to retrieve the boat.  I, Officers and members of Coast Guard Station Fort Pierce, arrived at Frederick Douglas park at approximately 7:15 pm and found the boat and all five occupants on the shoreline. A member of Sea Tow arrived 15 minutes later and began coordinating a recovery attempt. 
  
  Sea Tow sent a boat and a land crew to attempt to recover the vessel by water. At approximately 12:00 am, Sea Tow called off the recovery due to equipment failure on the tow boat and the grounded vessel was too heavy to get back into the water. Sea Tow returned that same morning and recovered the vessel by land. They moved the vessel up to Frederick Douglas Park where they lifted it on to a trailer and transported the vessel to their office in Stuart, Florida. 
  
  On Friday, June 3, I spoke with one of the owners of the vessel. Owner1 said that he had been trying to sell the boat but was unable to sell it due to mechanical issues with the motor. He gave permission to his friend to get the vessel fixed and operational. Friend then sent the boat to Operator1, who agreed to get the boat working. 
  
  Operator1 did not appear to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs. He said that he took a boating course many years ago but has not taken any courses in the State of Florida. He said that everything happened so fast and he did not know what else to do in that situation. Operator1 and the other occupants left the accident site immediately after he signed the form to allow Sea Tow to retrieve the vessel.