RedactedNarrative: 5 females were floating in about 4 feet of water.  The float was attached to their vessel which was beached.  The women saw a PWC coming at them with excessive speed and they waved him off.  He took a 2nd approach and was trying to splash them.  
  
  The husband of one of the women was standing on shore and other parties were yelling for the operator to stay away.  
  
  He then made a 3rd approach and appeared to lose control of the PWC  and collided with the raft head on.  The 1st woman to be struck was launched over the raft.  Upon speaking to the operator he confirmed he had been operating the PWC and attempted to make a hard stop "when Operator engages the gear shift from forward to reverse quickly."  
  
  He said his hand was wet when he attempted to shift into reverse and had slipped off the gear shift.  The forward momentum of the PWC caused it to collide with the raft.  3 women were injured.
  Operator of PWC was cited for negligent operation, unsafe operation, 2 counts of not keeping distance from shore, and 2 counts of headway speed violation and a speed limit violation.