VESSEL 1 WAS A 21' TRACKER OPEN MOTORBOAT WITH 6 PEOPLE ON BOARD.  OPERATOR STATED THE VESSEL WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND IN A STRAIGHT LINE AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH TO THE EAST OF THE WESTERN MOST ROCK ISLAND AT RAMSHEAD ISLAND, TRYING TO BOAT BETWEEN TWO ROCK OUTCROPPINGS.  OPERATOR APPROACHED THE GAP, HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS HEADED FOR A ROCK JUST AT THE SURFACE OF THE WATER BUT ADVISED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO REACT IN ANY WAY.  OPERATOR STATED THAT HE DID NOT POWER DOWN OR CHANGE HEADING, THE THE LOWER UNIT OF HIS ENGINE STRUCK THE ROCK AND TORE OFF THE PROPELLER.  NO ONE WAS INJURED DURING THE TIME OF ACCIDENT.  ESTIMATE DAMAGE $10,000.00 PROPELLER WAS TORN OUT OF LOWER UNIT OUTBOARD HOUSING.
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