RedactedNarrative: Operator #1 stated: " I was driving the ski and thought the marker was floating. I thought it would move and it didn't." 
  
  Investigation Revealed:  Operator #1 was traveling north west in Wading Thorofare, approximately 1/2 mile south of the Brigantine Water Tower.  Operator #1 was traveling toward the marked rental zone, when he hit the cedar stake holding up the red channel marker. The bow of vessel #1 struck  the marker causing it to snap and strike the operator in the face. After the crash , operator #1 drove so he could be treated. 
  
  Brigantine First aid responded to the scene and the victim was treated and released saying he would see his own doctor.