ON 27 AUGUST 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00AM, OPERATOR STATED HE WAS TRAVELING WEST IN TOPSAIL INLET WHEN A WAVE STRUCK HIS BOAT FROM BEHIND, CAUSING HIS BOAT TO CAPSIZE. AFTER CAPSIZING, OPERATOR CLIMBED ONTO HIS OVERTURNED BOAT AND WAVED DOWN A PASSING BOAT THAT TRANSPORTED HIM BACK TO SHORE.

OPERATOR DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES.

OPERATOR'S BOAT WAS LATER LOCATED WASHED ASHORE ON A NEARBY BEACH WHERE IT WAS REMOVED BY A LOCAL TOW BOAT COMPANY.
TOPSAIL INLET
SURF CITY                     