RedactedNarrative: Rental vessel grounded in ICW.  Operator sustained cut to left hand.
  
  On 040216 I, Officer, was dispatched to a boating accident. I immediately responded to Sarasota Memorial Hospital; the operator of the vessel had been taken there for a cut he sustained to his left hand.  When I arrived, all four occupants of the vessel were there to speak with.
   
  They had rented a vessel from Cannons Marina and gone out for the day with the kids.  When they tried to return the vessel, they missed (forgot about) the channel that goes from the ICW to Cannons Marina.  They were traveling at approximately 25 mph.  Operator explained to me that he steered the vessel right after the green 33 channel marker and then they abruptly came to a stop on a grass flat.  The sudden deceleration caused Operator to throw up his left hand and brace himself from falling forward.  Doing so, he sustained a deep cut between the webbing of his 1st and 2nd fingers.  The cut was from a 1 inch bent piece of aluminum sticking out at a 90 degree angle from the framing of the windshield.  No other occupants were injured.  They immediately called Cannons Marina and informed them of what happened.  Cannons quickly responded and brought Operator to shore; an ambulance later brought him to SMH.  
   
  When I spoke with Cannons Marina they informed me that the aluminum framing was not bent like that before they left. 
   
  Subject showed me a map that Cannons Marina had given them, showing the correct path to take to and from the Marina.  Operator admitted that he wasn't experienced enough to understand the channel markers.  The cut was described as deep and stitches were needed.
   
  