RedactedNarrative: Operator #1 stated in effect:  "I was going along, when my daughter slipped off the port deck box, and her knee got caught on the metal plate, causing a really deep cut." 
  
  Witness #1 was on the starboard side of the vessel in between the stern bench and the deck box. Her statement corroborated that of operator #1 . 
  
  Investigation Revealed:  V #1 was underway, cruising south in the Barnegat Bay.  Victim #1 was standing just above the port side deck box, when she lost her footing and slipped.  Victim #1's right knee caught on the metal lure plate, causing a deep laceration.  Vessel #1 moored at Mantoloking Yacht Club, where Point Pleasant First Aid Squad treated and transported her to Jersey Shore Medical Center.