RedactedNarrative: OPERATOR STATED HIS WIFE WAS FEELING ILL AND THEY DECIDED TO TURN BACK TOWARD NORTHPORT HARBOR. AT THE SAME TIME HE STATED USCG SECTOR SAULT HAD PUT OUT A WARNING FOR A HAZARD TO NAVIGATION (DEADHEAD), IN WEST GRAND TRAVERSE BAY. UPON COMPLETING THE turn TO NORTHPORT THE OPERATOR OBSERVED THE 2 RED BUOYS DIRECTLY WEST OF RED #2. HE DID NOT SEE RED#2 AND BELIEVES HIS VISION PATH MAY HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED BY HIS FENDER BUOYS. THE OPERATORS STATEMENT TO THE MARINE DEPUTY WAS "HE DIDN'T SEE THE BUOY UNTIL IT EXITED FROM UNDER THE VESSEL AT THE STERN". A CITATION WAS ISSUED TO THE OPERATOR. MAJOR DAMAGE SUSTAINED. NO INJURIES.