RedactedNarrative: OPERATOR WAS CRUISING DOWN THE ICW.  HE SAW THE MARKER ATON # 45 AND STARTED TO TURN TO PORT.  HE WAS USING HIS ELECTRONIC GPS TO ALSO KEEP TRACK OF HIS LOCATION.  HE WAS LOOKING AT HIS GPS AND HIT THE MARKER DURING THAT MOMENT OF INATTENTION.  OPERATOR ALSO THOUGHT THAT THE CURRENT MAY HAVE HELPED PUSH HIM INTO THE MARKER.  THE COLLISION DAMAGED THE MAST AND THE RACK THAT SUPPORTS THE SOLAR PANEL AND WIND GENERATOR.
  
  
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