RedactedNarrative: Operator #1 stated to the effect:  I was attempting to leave the lagoon to take my boat out for a ride, when I struck something.  Just outside of our lagoon they are dredging, so they had a marked channel to travel through.  As I was traveling through their marked channel, I struck what seemed to be one of the dredge pipes.  I continued up the river, when I started to have an issue with propulsion.
  
  Witness #1 statement concurred with the operator.
  
  Investigation revealed:  Operator #1 was attempting to depart a lagoon and head east out of the Forked River and continue out on to the Barnegat Bay.  While leaving the lagoon, operator #1 was traversing a marked dredging channel, when same struck a submerged object.  Operator #1 then continued down the Forked River when he began to have an issue with propulsion.  Vessel was then transported to Southwind's Marina for repairs.  Damage was observed to both propellers, struts, and shafts.  No injuries were reported.  Great Lakes Dredge and Dock were conducting the dredge operation.
  