RedactedNarrative: While transiting Northbound on Hudson River in the vicinity of Port Ewen, NY just South of Rondout Creek entrance the vessel struck the #73 green buoy on the vessels Port side causing extensive damage to both the buoy and the vessel. 
  
  The impact resulted in a large hole in the underwater body of the vessel and ripped the lower unit out of position causing the vessel to take on water at both locations. 
  
  The damage to the buoy was a significant deformation of the metal structure. The operator of the vessel continued North to the shoal just inside of Kingston Lighthouse where he let the vessel come to rest on the shoal to prevent the vessel from sinking.