RedactedNarrative: ON THE EVENING OF MARCH 27, AROUND 1730 OPERATOR AND HIS PASSENGER WERE COMING BACK INTO BEAUFORT INLET WHEN THEY STRUCK A NEWLY FORMED SANDBAR AT THE MOUTH OF THE INLET (34.6922 -76.657).  AFTER STRIKING THE SANDBAR THE VESSEL BECAME STUCK AND THE MOTOR WOULD NOT START AGAIN. THE VESSEL THAN BEGAN TAKING ON WATER WHILE RESTING ON THE SANDBAR. OPERATOR AND PASSENGER JUMPED OUT OF THE VESSEL TO TRY AND GET IT OFF OF THE SANDBAR. THEY HAD NO LUCK MOVING THE VESSEL AFTER WAVES HAD NEARLY FILLED THE ENTIRE BACK END OF THE VESSEL.  OPERATOR PLACED A PHONE CALL TO 911 AT 1741 INFORMING THE OPERATOR OF THEIR LOCATION AND STATUS. THE VESSEL THEN WASHED OFF THE SANDBAR AND AWAY FROM BOTH OPERATOR AND PASSENGER WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE VESSEL COMPLETELY SUBMERGED. OPERATOR AND PASSENGER WERE PICKED UP OUT OF THE WATER AROUND 1800 BY MOREHEAD CITY FIRE DEPT. AND TOWBOATUS RETRIEVED THE HALF SUNKEN VESSEL. THE VESSEL WAS TAKEN TO PORT CITY MARINA AND THE TWO INDIVIDUALS WERE RELEASED.