RedactedNarrative: OPERATOR 1 WAS OPERATING VESSEL 1 AND ATTEMPTING TO GET VESSEL 1 ON PLANE.  WHILE THE BOW WAS ELEVATED, OPERATOR 1 STRUCK A FIXED OBJECT (TIMBER) IN THE WATER. DUE TO THE WATER LEVEL IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR THE OPERATOR TO SEE THE OBJECT (TIMBER) IN THE WATER THE IMPACT CAUSED THE OBJECT (TIMBER) TO BE IMPALED INTO VESSEL 1'S HULL. THIS CAUSED VESSEL 1 TO BECOME PARTIALLY SUBMERGED. OPERATOR 1 DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES FROM THE CRASH AND THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE HULL OF VESSEL 1.