RedactedNarrative: ON FRIDAY JUNE 25TH, AROUND 1:30 PM, VESSEL 1 OPERATED BY OPERATOR STRUCK THE BROKEN PYLON AT THE NUMBER 14 DAY BOARD AT MOTTS AND BANKS CHANNEL.  OPERATOR WAS OPERATING HIS FATHER'S 18 FOOT MAYCRAFT WITH HIS BROTHER, MOTHER AND A FRIEND ON BOARD. THE NUMBER 14 DAY BOARD HAD BEEN BROKEN OFF AT THE WATERLINE PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT ON THE 25TH AND THE OAK ISLAND USCG STATION TEAM HAD PLACED A FLOATING BUOY WITH THE CORRESPONDING 14WR NUMBER ON THE BUOY.
  
  OPERATOR STRUCK THE PYLON ON THE PORT SIDE OF THE VESSEL AS HE WAS MAKING THE STARBOARD TURN INTO MOTTS CHANNEL. THE PYLON IMPACTED THE HULL ABOUT 1/3 OF THE WAY BACK AND LEFT A 61” SCRAPE/HOLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE HULL 7-10” WIDE.  AT THE TIME OF IMPACT, PASSENGER 1 (MOTHER) WAS EJECTED FROM THE FRONT OF THE VESSEL TO THE STARBOARD SIDE.  AFTER THE INCIDENT, THE VESSEL BEGAN TO TAKE ON WATER, AND IN ORDER NOT TO SINK, THE VESSEL WAS RUN AGROUND AT THE ENTRANCE OF MOTTS CHANNEL. 
  
  ON SATURDAY JUNE 26TH, THE OAK ISLAND USCG STATION TEAM MOVED THE 14WR BUOY TO WITHIN 1 FOOT OF THE OBSTRUCTION.  PRIOR TO THIS, THE BUOY WAS APPROXIMATELY 6YDS FROM THE OBSTRUCTION.
  
  
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