Upon completion of fishing and storing his gear, the operator started his vessel and throttled up in an attempt to navigate back to his boat slip. As he throttled up, he began traveling in an easterly direction; the bow of his vessel lifted upwards which prevented him from seeing anything in front of him. When the bow lifted and prior to coming up on plane, he heard and felt a loud bang on the hull of his vessel. When he throttled down to idle speed, it was discovered that he struck the red navigation buoy and ran over it.
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