RedactedNarrative: Vessel operator was traveling NW between Gott's Point and East Boat Ramp.  Witness stated that the operator was parallel to the shore.  Witness said that he quit watching the boat and went back to fishing, then heard a loud crash.   Witness went to see what had happened and found that the vessel had crashed into cliff face, and the operator was severely injured.  Witness summoned help.
  
  An interview was done with the injured operator while he was in the hospital.  Operator1 stated that after much thought, he vaguely remembers looking down at his Lourance Depth finder/Fish finder.  Since this was the first time Operator1 had driven this boat, he was not used to the Tiller steering.  Operator1's previous boat was controlled by a steering wheel.  Operator1 had concluded that it was much more likely that he was not paying attention to where he was going, and could have inattentively steered towards the shore, He felt that this was more accurate rather than suffering from a medical issue as first thought.