V1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH IN THE ICW IN PALM BEACH, WHEN HE STRUCK DAY MARKER #6 ADJACENT TO RYBOVICH SPENCER MARINA WITH THE BOW ANCHOR SECTION OF HIS VESSEL.  THE MARKER WAS CUT AT THE MUD LINE OF THE WOODEN POLE.  THE MARKER WAS RETRIEVED BY TOWBOAT US AND TEMPORARILY TIED UP TO RYBOVICH.  V1 OPERATOR ADVISED THAT HE WAS READING HIS CHARTS WHEN HE STRUCK THE MARKER.
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