On July 22, 2023, at approximately 1700 hours, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission were contacted by our Tallahassee Regional Communication Center, reference a vessel taking on water roughly 10 miles from the St. Marks Lighthouse. I was currently in Panacea, Fl. 
We met at Shields marina where we had a vessel stagged in the water, Officer 1 was able to communicate with both subjects on the vessel through cell phone communications to, OP1/PAX1, they were able to inform us that they were actively taking on water and attempting to get back to shore. A few moments later they informed us that the vessel sank.
We were waiting for safe conditions to board our vessel, conditions at the time were sever thunderstorm warning for our area till 7pm. At 5:38pm we had a break in the weather to safely preform a rescue operation. At 5:53pm we arrived to the location given, and observed both subjects and a capsized vessel, OP1 was sitting on the bow of the capsized vessel while PAX 1 was in the water holding on the to rigging that was on the port side of the vessel. Both subjects were brought on board our vessel and asked if they needed medical attention, both subjects refused.
OP1 informed me that the bilge pumps could not keep up with the amount of water that was coming into the vessel and it ultimately rolled and sank.

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