RedactedNarrative: Vessel 1 (V1) struck a channel marker while traveling straight in the intracoastal waterway. V1’s operator was ejected during collision and sustained injuries. There were no other passengers onboard V1 at the time of collision. The operator of V1 was in violation of navigation rule 5 (Look out) as his failure to maintain proper lookout while operating his vessel on plane was the main contributing factor of the collision.
  
  V1, owned by operator was on plane cruising north on the west side of the intracoastal waterway’s main channel. Operator turned away from the helm while on plane and was not maintaining a proper look out. V1’s starboard side bow struck red channel marker number 232 on its south side. The operator of V1 was ejected during the collision and made contact with the channel marker.
  
  Operator suffered a fractured rib bone on his left side, a contusion to the right side of his head and multiple lacerations on the outside of his left forearm. Operator also sustained lacerations to his right hand and right foot.  Operator was admitted to the Cleveland Clinic Martin South Hospital for his injuries.
  