AT OR AROUND 10:15 AM ON 5/30/11 VESSEL ONE DEPARTED SPOONERS CREEK AND HEADED EAST IN THE ICW.  WITH TWO SAILBOATS IN THE AREA VESSEL ONE ATTEMPTED TO PASS THEM ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CHANNEL.  THE GREEN DAY MARKER "7" WAS ABOUT 300 YARDS UP AHEAD AND VESSEL ONE WAS HEADING TO IT.  VESSEL ONE GOT TOO FAR OVER TO THE SOUTH AND BECAME GROUNDED ON A SHOAL THAT RUNS PARALLEL TO THE ICW CHANNEL.  WHILE BECOMING GROUNDED VESSEL ONE WENT FROM 25 MPH TO A COMPLETE STOP THROWING THE PASSENGERS AROUND IN THE BOAT AND CAUSING THE INJURIES LISTED ON PAGE TWO OF THIS REPORT.  Operator NOTIFIED AUTHORITIES AND two people WERE TAKEN TO CARTERET GENERAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.  VESSEL ONE WAS PULLED OFF THE SHOAL AND Operator DROVE IT BACK TO ITS SPOONERS CREEK SLIP WITH NO FUTHER INCIDENTS.
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