RedactedNarrative: At 0702 on April 15, 2017, a 2011 Skeeter bass boat model ZX225 struck a navigational marker on Smith Mountain Lake in Bedford, VA .  The impact resulted in the operator being thrown from the vessel while his wife remained in the vessel.  Neither party sustained injuries and the boat was operable after the incident.  The pylon supporting the navigational marker was broken during the incident.