Unit 1 was traveling east out of Winyah Bay through the jetties at 05:00. The operator was using a  GPS and buoy lights to navigate in the darkness. The light on buoy #12 was out, this was not known to the operator struck the unlit buoy with the vessel starboard front end. This caused a large hole in the vessel. There were five other occupants on the vessel but none of them were hurt. They returned to Ball Park landing and called DNR.