RedactedNarrative: VESSEL ONE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TRANSIT JOHN’S PASS CHANNEL WESTBOUND FROM THE HEAD PIN. VESSEL ONE WAS ATTEMPTING TO AVOID A COLLISON WITH ANOTHER VESSEL AND CHANGED COURSE AND SPEED. VESSEL ONE ATTEMPTED TO GO TO THE LEFT OF A CHANNEL MARKER BUT COLLIEDED WITH THE GREEN #1 CHANNEL MARKER. OPERATOR ONES’S vision WAS OBSTrUCTED DUE TO PERSONS STANDING IN HIS WAY AT THE TIME OF COLLISION. OPERATOR ONE WAS ISSUED A UNIFORM BOATING CITATION FOR CARELESS OPERATION.; occupant:sustained contusions and soreness to head and neck.