ROUGH WATERS, WINDY, I WAS TURNING VESSEL AROUND AND HIT A SUBMERGED ROCK. (OPERATOR REPORT)
ON 9/5/09 OPERAT  WAS OPERATING A PWC NEAR BEEHIVE ISLAND WHEN HE STRUCK A SUBMERGED ROCK. HE STATED HE WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN WHEN HE HIT THE ROCK. HE STATED HE WAS MOVING AT A SPEED OF APPROX. 7-10MPH. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS HOT AND WINDY. THE PWC SUSTAINED DAMAGE TOT HE BOW RUB RAIL AND FIBERGLASS. DAMAGE ESTIMATE WAS 2500.00 (BUT OWNER HAS SENT A COPY OF A REPAIR BILL TOTALING 4018.75). NO INJURIES OCCURED DURING THE ACCIDENT. CAUSE OF ACCIDENT WAS OPERATOR INEXPERIENCE AND INATTENTION. (NATIONAL PARK SERVICE REPORT).
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