RedactedNarrative: ON MAY 26TH, 2021 OPERATOR AND ONE FEMALE PASSENGER WERE TRAVELEING NORTH UP THE ALLIGATOR RIVER AND PUNGO RIVER CANAL PORTION OF THE ICW IN A FORTY-SEVEN FOOT GRAND BANKS CABIN MOTOR VESSEL. AFTER TRAVELING A SHORT DISTANCE NORTH PAST THE HWY 264 HIGH RISE BRIDGE THE VESSEL RAN AGROUND. AT THAT POINT OWNER AND OPERATOR, CONTACTED TOWBOAT U.S. FOR ASSISTANCE. TOWBOAT ARRIVE ON SCENE LATER THAT SAME AFTERNOON AND WAS ABLE TO TOW THE VESSEL FROM ITS GROUNDED POSITION AND BACK TO BELHAVEN FOR HAULING AND INSPECTION. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE GROUNDING INCIDENT CAUSED DAMAGE TO BOTH THE PORT AND STARBOARD DRIVE SHAFTS AND PROPELLERS. OPERATOR DOCUMENTED IN HIS STATEMENT THAT AT THE TIME OF GROUNDING HIS VESSEL'S CHART PLOTTER INDICATED THE VESSEL WAS TRAVELING IN WATERS OF TEN FEET OF DEPTH. THE AREA WHERE THE INCIDENT OCCURED IS A MAN-MADE CANAL THAT CONNECTS THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY BETWEEN THE PUNGO AND ALLIGATOR RIVER. THIS AREA IS PRONE TO THESE TYPE OF BOATING INCIDENTS DUE TO THE NARROW CHANNEL AND SIZE OF VESSELS PASSING THROUGH. OFFICER 1 ARRIVED AT BELHAVEN MARINA ON JUNE 10TH TO INVESTIGATE A SEPARATE INCIDENT WHEN OPERATOR'S INCIDENT WAS DISCOVERED. AT THAT TIME PICTURES OF THE VESSEL WERE TAKEN AND THE MB 4.1 WAS EMAILED TO OPERATOR FOR COMPLETION. MULITPLE PHONE AND EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS WERE COMPLETED BEFORE OPERATOR INDICATED THAT HE MAILED THE 4.1 BACK TO OFFICER 1. ON JULY 7TH OFFICER 1 RECEIVED A COPY OF THE COMPLETED 4.1 FROM THE WRC RALEIGH OFFICE. THIS INCIDENT WAS ENTERED INTO REPORT BEAM ON JULY 8TH 2021.