ON AUGUST 14, 2023, AT 1415 HRS. VESSEL 1 DRIVEN BY OPERATOR STRUCK A SANDBAR IN THE ICW NEAR THE ONSLOW BEACH BRIDGE. ACCORDING TO OPERATOR VESSEL 1 WAS IN THE MARKED CHANNEL. VESSEL 1 PORT SIDE PROPELLER STRUCK THE SANDBAR CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND THE PROPELLER SHAFT. VESSEL 1 HAD TO BE TOWED TO JARRETT BAY FOR REPAIRS. OPERATOR SAID THAT HE WAS IN THE CHANNEL THAT WAS MARKED BY TWO RED MARKERS. NO ONE ONBOARD WAS INJURED AT THE TIME OF THE GROUNDING. THERE HAS BEEN WORK IN THAT AREA OF THE CHANNEL IN RECENT MONTHS DREDGING THE CHANNELS.
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