OPERATOR WAS COMING OUT OF COWIKEE CREEK WHEN HE STRUCK A DEADHEAD WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 3 INCHES ABOVE THE WATERLINE. OPERATOR STATES HE DID NOT SEE THE OBJECT IN THE WATER. DAMAGE ON VESSEL IS CONSISTENT TO STRIKING THE OBJECT. MATERIAL FROM VESSEL WAS STILL ON DEADHEAD. THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY A THREE TO FOUR FOOT LONG BY APPROXIMATELY THREE TO FOUR INCHES WIDE GAP TORN INTO BOTTOM OF VESSEL.
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