RedactedNarrative: On November 20, 2020 in the early evening hours after sunset, a recreational boating excursion in the Gulf of Mexico with family and friends, turned into a tragedy when the single vessel allision into the breakwater jetty adjacent to the channel entrance of St. Andrew Bay, resulted in serious injury to several passengers, minor injury to several others, and property damage to the vessel in excess of the boats value. 
  
  Sometime after 3:30 PM local time, the excursion began from Dolphin Bay Marina in West Bay. The course took the vessel and passengers under Hathaway bridge, across St. Andrew Bay to Panama City Pass and out into the Gulf of Mexico. The voyage continued around the Gulf of Mexico southwest of Panama City Pass for a little over an hour before the return trip began. Upon setting a course back to Panama City Pass/St. Andrew Bay entrance channel, the 43' Viking was making way on plane cruising at a nominal speed of 25-30 MPH. The sunset for the 20th of November 2020 occurred around 4:43 PM local time. The vessel approached the entrance channel to Panama City Pass around 6:20 PM local time. The operator acknowledged a moment of time when a position fix was in doubt and he summoned one of the passengers to assist in verifying. He also adjusted speed slightly to confirm the location and it was at this time the west jetty breakwater was struck bow first at a nominal speed of 18-20 MPH
  
  The impact immediately stopped forward progress of the boat and displaced all the occupants within the vessel. Two occupants were seriously injured, three were slightly injured, and the remaining four occupants as well as the operator were uninjured. 
  
  Victim2 was one of two seriously injured passengers onboard the 43' Viking sportfisher. He was standing near the helm area adjacent to the companionway leading down to the galley and berthing area of the boat. Upon impact he was thrown down the companionway and struck several solid structures during the fall. He suffered traumatic injury to his face and head especially around the cheek and eye area. He also suffered severe trauma to his abdomen area and lacerated both his liver and spleen. He spent almost one month in intensive care at Bay Medical Hospital in Panama City.
  
  Victim1 was sitting in the helm area on a bench seat positioned along the starboard gunnel onboard the 43' Viking Sportfisher. Upon impact he was thrown forward and impacted the bulkhead adjacent to the companionway access. He sustained blunt force trauma to his torso along with strains to extremities. He was treated by EMS and released.
  
  Victim4 was sitting on a bench seat in the helm area just aft of the operators leaning post onboard the 43' Viking Sportfisher. Upon impact she was thrown forward and struck the fiberglass leaning post. She sustained severe blunt force trauma to her face and head area. She was the second individual onboard who sustained serious injury and was admitted to Bay Medical Center for extended period of treatment. ; 
  
  Victim5 was sitting in the fighting chair positioned in the aft cockpit of the 43' Viking Sportfisher. She was holding subject in her lap at the time of impact. She sustained minor injuries including blunt force impact to her torso. She was treated by EMS, transported to Bay Medical Center, and subsequently released.; 
  
  Victim3 was sitting in the helm area on a bench seat behind the operators leaning post onboard the 43' Viking Sportfisher. He was thrown forward at the time of impact and struck the leaning post and deck. He was treated by EMS onscene and released.
  