RedactedNarrative: On the morning of may 20th, 2020 operator and two additional male passengers were traveling north on the alligator river portion of the icw. Operator was in the process of moving his vessel from fort lauderdale florida back to his home in babylon new york. The operator exited the pungo river canal portion of the icw traveling north and entered the alligator river. The vessel struck a large object that was later determined to be an old cypress tree log. The vessel immediately began to take on water, the operator then made the decision to ground the vessel to prevent the vessel from sinking. The operator contacted the uscg and notified them of their current situation. A tow boat vessel out of belhaven nc later arrived to provide assistance. Once on scene the tow boat operators were able to temporarily secure the hull breach and place water pumps onboard. Tow boat assisted the vessel and crew back to river forest shipyard in belhaven where the vessel was dry docked for repairs. I was notified of the incident at 1040 hours on may 21st and conducted the interview with the operator at 1130 hours that same morning. During my inspection of the vessel i was able to see where the vessel''s port side strut assembly had been forced through the vessel''s hull. This breach created a hole in the vessel hull approximately twelve inches wide by twenty-four inches long. The port side prop was also severely damaged where it made contact with the hull during the collision.