RedactedNarrative: On Sunday May 28, 2019 at approximately 5:00 PM, operator along with his three children were traveling Northeast out of Shallowbag Bay staying within the channel markers.  Operator1 was traveling 10 to 15 miles per hour, plowing through the water, not yet on plane.  Operator1 turned his vessel north to stay within the channel markers when a large sport fishing boat was approaching from the north following the channel.  
  
  Operator1 did not want to cross the path of the vessel because it was moving at a higher rate of speed.  When the large fishing vessel came past Operator1 on his starboard side, he turned around to look at the boat knowing that a large wake was soon to follow. When Operator1 turned back around, he saw the channel marker G-31 in front of the boat and began to turn the wheel sharply to the right.  While turning the wheel to the right, he shifted into neutral trying to stop the vessel, but the momentum kept the vessel moving forward. 
  
   At the same time the wake hit the vessel and the vessel impacted the channel marker on the port side of the bow, punching a hole in the fiberglass and ripping the fiberglass as the channel marker slid down the side of the vessel.  Operator1's son was sitting in a seat at the point of impact but was uninjured and never shifted from his seat.  All children were wearing appropriate PFDs and all required safety items were on board.
  
  
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