RedactedNarrative: V1 WAS TRAVELING NORTH ENTERING A 180 DEGREE BEND OF THE RIVER INTO WHICH A TREE HAD DRIFTED NARROWING THE PASSABLE CHANNEL.  OPERATOR TURNED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT TO TRY AND AVOID THE TREE AND NEGOTIATE THE BEND. 
  
  V1'S STERN SLID AROUND INTO ANOTHER TREE THAT WAS OVERHANGING THE RIVER. THE IMPACT SPUN V1 CAUSING THE STARBOARD SIDE OF THE BOW TO DIG INTO THE GRAVEL BANK BRINGING IT TO A RAPID STOP. THE IMPACT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE STERN STARBOARD SIDE, BROKE THE MOTOR MOUNTS, DAMAGED THE TRANSOM AND LOWER UNIT. 
  
  THE MANUFACTURER DECLARED V1 A TOTAL LOSS.