V1 HAD JUST PUMPED 20 GALLONS OF GASOLINE AT THE CORAL REEF YACHT CLUB'S FUELING DOCKS. THE OPERATOR LIFTED THE REAR SEAT OF V1 FOR VENTILATION AND STARTED THE ENGINE AND REVERSED FROM THE DOCK. THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE OPERATOR BEGAN TO START THE ENGINE AGAIN. THE OPERATOR STATED THAT HE HEARD A CRACK/BANG AND WAS FLYING IN THE AIR, THEN LANDED AFT OF INFLATABLE STRIKING THE OUTBOARD ENGINE AND THEN FALLING ON THE WATER. THE OPERATOR WAS RESCUED AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN HOMESTEAD.
KEY LARGO                     