RedactedNarrative: AT APPROXIMATELY (APPROX.) 1500 HOURS (HRS), 19 SEPTEMBER 2018, I, OFFICER WAS NOTIFIED BY THE NAVAJO LAKE STATE PARK VISITOR CENTER OF A MAN NEEDING TO MAKE A REPORT. I ARRIVED AT THE VISITOR CENTER WEARING MY DIVISION REQUIRED UNIFORM AND BADGE OF OFFICE. OPERATOR RELATED THAT ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2018, AT APPROX. 1930 HRS, HE WAS TRAVELING IN THE FRANCIS CANYON AREA OF NAVAJO LAKE RETURNING TO THE PINE MARINA WHEN HE STRUCK A SUBMERGED OBJECT. OPERATOR RELATED THAT HE SAW A HAZARD MARKER, BUT ITWAS APPROX. 50 YARDS AWAY AND THAT HE THOUGHT HE GAVE IT ENOUGH CLEARANCE. THE DAMAGE TO HIS VESSEL CONSISTED OF DAMAGE TO HIS PROP. RUDDER, AND STRUT ASSEMBLY INCLUDING DAMAGE TO THE FIBERGLASS. THE VESSEL WAS NOT ON SCENE WHEN THE REPORT WAS MADE, AND THE REPORT WAS MADE TEN DAYS AFTER THE INCIDENT, SO NO PHOTOGRAPHS WERE OBTAINED. OPERATOR REPORTED THAT THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO OTHER VESSELS INVOLVED. THE ESTIMATED COST OF DAMAGE IS $12,440.27 US DOLLARS. ANOTHER BOAT ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED IN THE SAME AREA FOUR DAYS LATER AND ADDITIONAL HAZARD MARKERS WERE PLACED WHEN THE REPORT WAS GIVEN TO OFFICERS. AUDIO RECORDING IS NOT AVAILABLE AS DEVICE WAS CHARGING DURING INTERVIEW. OPERATOR WAS GIVEN A STATE OF NEW MEXICO TORT CLAIM TO SUBMIT. NO CITATIONS WERE ISSUED GIVEN THE TIME FRAME OF THE REPORT AND THAT ADDITIONAL MARKERS WERE PLACED AFTER THE INCIDENT.  
  
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