ON MONDAY AUGUST 28, 2023, OPERATOR WAS OPERATING HIS 16' SUNBIRD NEPTUNE CENTER CONSOLE FIBERGLASS MOTORBOAT (VESSEL 1) ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE SOUTHERN JETTY WALL OF THE MASONBORO INLET AT APPROXIMATELY 10:15 HOURS.  VESSEL 1 WAS HEADING IN A NORTH WESTERNLY DIRECTION PARALLEL TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE MASONBORO INLET SOUTHERN JETTY WALL WHEN A WAVE HIT THE PORT SIDE OF VESSEL 1.  VESSEL 1'S STARBOARD SIDE IMPACTED THE JETTY WALL AND BECAME HUNG UP INSIDE THE ROCKS.  OPERATOR CONTACTED THE COAST GUARD VIA VHF RADIO.  USCG WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH RESPONDED WITH THEIR PATROL BOAT AND PICKED UP OPERATOR AND HIS 65-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PASSENGER SAFELY.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED.  SEA TOW CAPTAIN RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AS WELL BUT WAS UNABLE TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT TO TOW THE BOAT OFF THE JETTY.  OPERATOR'S DAUGHTER  AND HER HUSBAND WERE ABLE TO TOW VESSEL 1 OFF OF THE JETTY WALL AT APPROXIMATEY 15:00 HOURS ON AUGUST 28, 2023.  VESSEL ONE SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE HULL OF THE VESSEL FROM IMPACTING THE ROCKS OVER AND OVER WHILE HUNG UP.   VESSEL ONE IS A CONTRUCTIVE TOTAL LOSS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED.
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