V1 WAS TRAVELING NORTH TOWARDS SKELETON KEY MARINA.  BEGINNING TO SPEED UP THE OPERATOR'S GIRLFRIEND YELLED POLE.  WHEN THE OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO MANEUVER THE VESSEL, HE REALIZED THAT THE STEERING BAR WAS BROKEN.  THE OPERATOR THEN ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE VESSEL BY TURNING THE MOTOR.  PARTIALLY TURNING, THE VESSEL STRUCK RED CHANNEL MARKER 10 ON THE STARBOARD SIDE AMIDSHIP.  V1 OPERATOR WAS THROWN INTO THE MARKER, FALLING INTO THE WATER.  THE OTHER OCCUPANT WAS THROWN INTO THE WATER WHERE THE VESSEL STRUCK HER.  OPERATOR SWAM TO SHORE BUT COULD NOT FIND HIS GIRLFRIEND, SO HE YELLED AT A VESSEL PASSING BY THAT WAS ABLE TO FIND HER AND BRING HER TO THE BOAT RAMP.  ARRIVING ON THE SCENE I OFFICER  FOUND A RUNAWAY VESSEL.  I WAS ABLE TO GUIDE IT TO SHORE AND SHUT IT OFF.
HUDSON                        