BOAT OPERATOR OF BORROWED BOAT WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON RIVER TOWARDS THE LITTLE RAPIDS DAM. OPERATOR WAS KEEPING BOAT IN THE MARKED CHANNEL. THE BOAT STRUCK A SECTION OF A SUBMERGED SLUDGE DREDGING EXCAVATION PIPELINE THAT WAS BARELY BENEATH THE SURFACE. THE BOAT OPERATOR CLAIMED CHANNEL & PIPELINE WAS MISMARKED. LATER INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE PIPELINE WAS NOT SECURED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE CHANNEL AND PROVIDED INSUFFICIENT CLEARANCE FOR BOATS TO TRAVEL IN THE MARKED CHANNEL WITHOUT STRIKING THE PIPELINE.
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