RedactedNarrative: On May 23, 2015 at approximately 17:30 hours a single vessel accident occurred on the Intracoastal Waterway in Flagler County 
  Florida. V1 a 2015 9 foot PWC made by SeaDoo. V1 was being operated by an adult male in the channel of the ICW while making figure eight and circle maneuvers. V1’s operator while making these maneuvers was watching another PWC that was traveling with him. V1’s operator was focusing his attention on the other PWC trying to keep a safe distance between them.  V1’s operator looked back forward and had to make a hard port turn to avoid colliding with a channel marker head on. V1 collided with the channel marker on its rear starboard splitting the gunnel open. V1’s operator was ejected into the water and sustained no injuries, a life jacket was used. 
  
                                             Conclusion 
  Operator operated V1 for the most part in a safe manner for his skill and experience. But it also was his lack of operational experience that caused the crash with the fixed object (channel marker) on the ICW on 05/23/15. He stated he saw the channel marker as he was traveling south bound as he was trying to keep a safe distance from the other PWC he was traveling with.  He stated a vessel passed them going in the opposite direction while he was focused on the other PWC and trying to cross the wake of that vessel when he realized he had approached the channel marker head on. He stated the wake of the passing vessel added to his difficulty in avoiding the collision with the channel marker. 
  These facts have lead me to issue a warning to operator for careless operation of a vessel; He did not take any action to avoid the collision by either changing direction sooner or reducing speed and direction