RedactedNarrative: On 4/13/2018 the operator was operating his vessel (with a 40 horse Mercury motor mounted on it) When he struck an underwater buoy near Ocheessee Landing on the Apalachicola River. There was significant damage to the lower unit on the motor which resulted in $3,741 in estimated property damage but no damage to the hull of the vessel hull. The operator was not injured after the collision with the underwater buoy.