ON 2-14-2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 10 P.M. A 41 FT SAILING VESSEL (1069581) WAS TRAVELING NORTH IN THE INDUSTRIAL CANAL LOCATED IN ORLEANS PARISH.  THE OPERATOR WAS EXITING THE LOCKS FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND BELIEVED THAT THE CLAIBORNE BRIDGE AND HIS SAIL MAST HIT THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BRIDGE.  THIS CAUSED THE MAST TO BEND AND BREAK SEVERAL CABLES WHICH HOLD IT TO THE VESSEL, BUT CAUSED NO DAMAGE TO THE BRIDGE.  BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE WEARING THEIR LIFE JACKETS AND WERE UNINJURED. Operator NOTIFIED HIS INSURANCE COMPANY ABOUT THE ACCIDENT AND REPORTED THE ACCIDENT TO THE USCG WITHIN THEIR TIME PERIOD.  USCG NOTIFIED THE LDWF ON THE DATE THEY RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF THE ACCIDENT AND LDWF INVESTIGATED THE INCIDENT.
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