RedactedNarrative: A 33' Intrepid was heading south bound on the bayside of Key Largo when it's bow collided with an Everglades National Park marker at approximately 1300 hours, in Buttonwood Sound, Monroe County.
  
   I gathered Operator1’s personal information, vessel information, and his summary of what had happened. He began by stating he “I struck a channel marker headed south, at 30 miles per hour, after coming out of another channel” “I never saw the channel marker, I don’t think it was up”. He also stated that he did not remember seeing another marker opposite of it, and that it took about six more miles to get to his rental property. Operator1 stated that he docked the boat and then bumped into Lieutenant who assigned the incident to me. Officer asked Operator1 if he could point out where the incident occurred on a chart if he saw one. Operator1 pointed to Buttonwood Sound on the nautical chart. Operator1 also showed Officer  and me an image of the channel marker he struck that he took with his cell phone after he struck it.