ON JULY 1, 2012 V1 WAS BEING OPERATED ON LAKE FRANCIS CASE NEAR OACOMA WITH TWO OCCUPANTS (O1 AND P1).  AT THE SAME DATE AND TIME V2 WAS BEING OPERATED ON LAKE FRANCIS CASE, ALSO WITH TWO OCCUPANTS (O2 AND P2).  ALL OCCUPANTS OF BOTH VESSELS STATED THEY WERE WEARING THE REQUIRED PFD'S AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. 

AT APPROXIMATELY 4:00 PM V1 WAS TRAVELING NORTH/NORTHWEST IN THE BAY SOUTH OF CEDAR SHORE MARINA ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE HWY 16 CAUSEWAY WITH O1 AND P1.  BOTH O1 AND P1 STATED THAT THEY DID NOT SEE ANY OTHER VESSELS IN THEIR IMMEDIATE VICINITY.  MOMENTS BEFORE IMPACT AS O1 WAS ACCELERATING, P1 SAW V2 WITH O2 AND P2 ON BOARD APPROACHING FROM THEIR STARBOARD SIDE TRAVELING WEST/SOUTHWEST.   

O2 STATED SHE ALSO DID NOT SEE V1 UNTIL 1-2 SECONDS PRIOR TO IMPACT.  AT THIS TIME O2 LET OFF THE THROTTLE AND ATTEMPTED TO TURN AWAY FROM V1 BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO (NO OFF-THROTTLE STEERING).   

V2 STRUCK V1 JUST AHEAD OF THE DRIVER'S POSITION AT WHAT APPEARED TO BE JUST OVER A RIGHT ANGLE (APPROXIMATELY 100 DEGREES) CREATING A HOLE IN THE FIBERGLASS BODY OF V1.  V2 RODE PART WAY OVER THE BOW OF V1 AND THEN SLID OFF FORWARD, CREATING GOUGES AND PAINT TRANSFER IN THE COWLING IN FRONT OF THE HANDLE BARS AS WELL AS PAINT TRANSFER ON THE SIDE MIRROR.  VERY LITTLE DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON V2, V2 WAS UNABLE TO BE DOCUMENTED PRIOR TO FURTHER USE.
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