RedactedNarrative: At approximately 5:15pm, a PWC, LA 5131 GB (Vessel 1), was occupied by two subjects.  The operator was heading south down Barataria Waterway, when Vessel 1 began bouncing while traveling and started pulling toward the right.  This caused the operator to lose control where both subjects were ejected off of Vessel 1.  The kill switch then disengaged.  Due to the momentum, Vessel 1 then continued to travel into a parked vessel, contacting the bow of Vessel 1 with the starboard side of the parked boat and the boat hoist, causing damage to both parties vessels.  
  
  The two subjects and Vessel 1 were then brought to shore by a friend on another PWC nearby.  Significant evidence was not found to prove intoxication of the operator.  The two subjects on board were wearing the required PFD'S.  Vessel 1 was equipped with hydraulic steering.  Contributing factors to the incident are Operator Inattention and Excessive Speed.  Operator Inattention because the operator failed to pay attention to the vessel and the parts on or around the vessel due to a strap hanging from the vessel, into the water, and near the steering nozzle.  Excessive speed was chosen due to the operator's failure to reduce the vessel to a safe speed when the vessel began to act differently to the operator's intentions.  The operator broke Rule 16, for Rules of the Road for Boaters, when doing this, using excessive speed.