RedactedNarrative: On 5/3/21, at approximately 1242 hours, upon the waters of the Intracoastal waterway behind the address of N Riverside Drive in Pompano Beach, a PWC struck an unoccupied anchored down barge doing construction work on a seawall. On 5/2/31, I interviewed OP1, the operator of Vessel 1. OP1 stated that she received instructions on how to operate the PWC from the livery and she did not feel comfortable but decided to continue and operate the PWC. OP1 entered the 25 mile per hour zone and throttled up and got the PWC on plane. OP1 panicked when getting close to the barge and turned into the side of the barge. No injuries were seen or reported to me.