Victim was on a boating trip for recreational purposes on a vessel normally used for commercial crabbing.  Trip was a graduation present and their were eight people on board of whom three were wearing PFDs.   A strap snapped on boom and the boom fell and struck subject on the head.  He was taken to Island Hospital in Ancarotes, where he was admitted for a fractured skull and concussion.  He expected to make a full recovery.
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