RedactedNarrative: On Sunday, June 11, 2017, at approximately 3:00pm,operator and two passengers were leaving Edenton Bay Marina heading south to Edenton Bay in a 17 foot Sea Pro Center Console.  Operator came out of the marina got the boat up on plane and was traveling at a speed of approximately 30 mph.  With the vessel traveling at this speed, the steering was tight and he could not turn the wheel fast enough to avoid the channel marker.  Operator collided with the green channel marker with the starboard side of the bow.   Alcohol was not a factor.
  
  ****************************END OF REPORT******************************