VESSEL #1 WAS RETURNING TO PORT AND MOVED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CHANNEL TO ALLOW ANOTHER VESSEL TO PASS.  HE HAD SEVERAL CHILDERN PASSENGERS ON BOARD AND THEY ALL MOVED TO THE BOW. THE OPERATOR STATED THAT HE TRIED TO KEEP TRACK OF THE CHILDERN AND HE TURNED THE BOAT RIGHT .
WHEN HE GOT HIS ATTENTION BACK ON THE PATH AHEAD,   MARKER #389 DEAD AHEAD AND HE TURNED TO PORTIN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID THE COLLISION.
THE VESSEL STRUCK THE MARKER ON THE STARBOARD SIDE AND FIVE OF THE PASSENGERS WERE EJECTED.  THE OPERATOR THEN PICKED UP THE PASSENGERS AND
BEACHED THE BOAT TO KEEP IT FROM SINKING.
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