WILMINGTON, N.C. (WTVD) — A Raleigh man is among two boaters missing after a fishing vessel was found overturned near the Beaufort Inlet on Tuesday morning, according to the Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard identified the two men as George Hamilton Andrews, of Raleigh, and William (Bill) Watkins Merriman IV, of Wilmington. Family members told Coast Guard officials the two men were last seen departing from Atlantic Beach on Sunday for a fishing trip aboard a 35-foot recreational boat Strike Zone.
Authorities first received reports of the overturned vessel around 8 a.m. three nautical miles outside of Beaufort inlet.
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