Operator WAS OPERATING HIS RECREATIONAL CHARTER FISHING VESSEL WHEN HE COLLIDED WITH A CHANNEL MARKER. HE HAD PUT HIS VESSEL ON PLANE AFTER LEAVING THE GULF COUNTY CANAL, AND WAS ENTERING ST JOE BAY TRAVELING SOUTH. HE REACHED THE SECOND SET OF CHANNEL MARKERS WHILE CRUISING AND STARTED TO TURN LEFT HEADING TOWARDS ST JOE MARINA. HE CUT TOO CLOSE TO THE RED CHANNEL MARKER AND CLIPPED IT WITH THE STARBOARD SIDE OF HIS VESSEL.THE IMPACT THREW OCCUPANT one person OVERBOARD.
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