RedactedNarrative: V1 WAS TRAVELING NORTH BOUND IN THE ICW CHANNEL NEAR MARKER "22" AT APPROX 18 MPH. V1 CONDUCTED A WIDE U-TURN INSIDE THE CHANNEL TO PROCEED BACK SOUTH BOUND. AS V1 CHANGED DIRECTIONS, THEY WERE HEADED ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH CHANNEL MARKER "21". V1 STRUCK CHANNEL MARKER 21 HEAD ON AND THE OPERATOR AND PASSANGER OF THE VESSEL WERE EJECTED INTO THE WATER. BOTH THE OPERATOR AND THE PASSANGER HAD MAJOR INJURIES AND WERE TRANSPORTED TO BAYFRONT HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER CARE. V1 HAD CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE AND WAS TOWED VIA TRI-J TOWING. CHANNEL MARKER "21" DID NOT HAVE ANY DAMAGE. THE LIVERY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VESSEL WAS NOTIFIED. THE OPERATOR OF V1 STATED OPERATOR INEXPERIENCE AND POOR WEATHER WERE A FACTOR IN THE COLLISION. BOTH PASSANGERS ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY. The operator had multiple small lacerations on his face, hands, arms and legs from striking Marker "21" and hanging onto the object until rescue arrived.  The operator also had a large contusion on his right arm and small fracture on his left wrist and  one fractured rib. The operator is expected to make a full recovery and was discharged from the  hospital the same day of the accident.The female passanger collided with the operator of the V1 before being ejected into the water. The passanger had a total of 12 fractured ribs. The passanger is expected to make a full recovery but was admitted to Bayfront Hospital for further care.