RedactedNarrative: 09/20/2015
      A call was heard over VHF 16 that a vessel was on an island in Great Bay. Upon our arrival, the vessel (a 22ft red Donzi) and the island were found to be unoccupied.
  
      A check of the vessel's registration listed the owner (later identified as the operator). Further checks revealed he has a secondary residence in Mystic Island, where we proceeded and met with Operator. He provided the statement below and also that a friend picked them up immediately after the accident. Once at his residence Operator transported one of the occupants to Shore Memorial Hospital due to an ankle injury. He further advised TowBoat would be removing the vessel from Turtle Island on this date at high tide. 
   
      Operator #1 Stated: " We were crossing Great Bay, trying to get into Roundabout Creek. It was so dark we couldn't see anything so we were trying to use Google Earth on our cell phones to navigate. Just before we hit the island I saw land and pulled the throttle back, but we didn't stop in time and the boat ran up onto the island."
  
      Statements of the other passengers on vessel #1 concur with that of the operator.
  
      Investigation revealed that on the previous night (09/19/2015) at approximately 11:00pm vessel #1 was north bound, crossing the Great Bay. Due to the darkness and that vessel #1 is not equipped with GPS, the occupants were attempting to use a cell phone for navigation. For an unknown reason operator #1 was not aware that they were approaching Turtle Island, which is located between Graveling Point and Deep Point in Little Egg Harbor Twp. Vessel #1 grounded on Turtle Island, coming to rest approximately 20yards from the shoreline.
  
      The injury to occupant was the only injury reported.
   