RedactedNarrative: SINGLE VESSEL BOATING ACCIDENT, MOTORBOAT VERSUS DREDGING PIPE. VESSEL OPERATOR COLLIDED WITH THE UNDERWATER PORTION OF THE DREDGING PIPE AT NIGHT, ONE OCCUPANT ONBOARD, SUBJECTS VESSEL WAS TOWED AND PUT OUT ANCHOR BY FIRE RESCUE IN A NEARBY BAY, SUBJECT WAS DROPPED OFF ON SHORE, NO INJURIES REPORTED. 
  
  We left the vessel to inspect the barge where the manager was also located. As we exited the pass we noticed the barge sitting out approximately 800 yards from shore. A pipe was running from the back end of the barge along the surface of the water until it was about 100 yards from shore. 
  At that point the pipe became submerged for approximately 50 yards. As the pipe got closer to the jetty, it surfaced again continued running to shore. In approximately the same location, a jetty was partially submerged and protruding about 50 yards from shore. Along the pipe were two floating signs. These signs read, “DANGER Submerged pipeline”. One of the signs had a light which appeared to be hanging from the wires and the second sign did not appear to have a light at all. There were also no lights on the pipe.
  Once we arrived, a person rode in our vessel and checked the barge for damage. He did not see any major signs of an impact to the barge. He also noted no damage to the pipe running along the surface of the water and could not tell if the section of pipe under water was damaged.
  We attempted to call the operator by phone with no reply. We looked up his address and attempted to contact him at his residence. He was not at the recorded address. We called the operator several more times before getting a reply. We made contact and he gave us his current address.
  At approximately 1130 hours, I arrived at the operator’s house to conduct our interview. During the interview the operator stated he had been out late with a friend and missed the turn into Gordon’s Pass coming from the south. He noticed they had missed Gordon’s Pass when they arrived at Lovers Key. While near Lovers Key he dropped his friend off, leaving him the only occupant of the vessel. At approximately 0130 hours, after turning around and heading south, he arrived at Doctors Pass.
  The operator stated that he was on plane going approximately 20 MPH when he felt an impact and the bow of the vessel was thrown up. He noticed an immediate and total loss of power and steerage. He turned around and saw rocks behind him and thought he had jumped the rock jetty sticking out from around Doctors Pass. He estimated his distance from the coast to be approximately 100 yards.
  He noted it was dark out, the water was slightly rough and that he was in the vicinity of the barge.
  After the accident he called 911 and was picked up by Naples Fire Rescue. Fire Rescue then towed his vessel over to channel marker #12 and dropped him off on shore where he got a ride home.