RedactedNarrative: On June 4, 2022 at approximately 11:45 a.m. operator was operating vessel equipped with remote steering and one other occupant onboard.  As the vessel exited the mouth of the Avery Canal and entered Vermilion Bay, Operator veered the vessel west and started to travel down the northern shoreline.
  
  As Operator traveled approximately two miles down the shoreline, the lower unit on his vessel's motor struck a submerged object (rock jetty) below the surface of the water.  The impact from hitting the submerged object cracked the lower unit, broke the skeg, and bent the propeller.  Both subjects were wearing their proper PFD's and had no injuries. Also, there was not suspicion of alcohol or drugs to be involved in this boating accident.
  