ON JULY 25TH AT APPROXIMATELY 10:45 PM, operator1 WAS OPERATING A 25 FT. PONTOON BOAT (VESSEL 1) ON BELEWS LAKE TRAVELING SOUTH FROM THE STOKES COUNTY LINE AND HAD TWO PASSENGERS.  Operator2 WAS OPERATING A 17 FT. BAYLINER (VESSEL 2) ON BELEWS LAKE IN THE SAME LINE OF TRAVEL WITH ONE PASSENGER.  VESSEL 1 WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH IN A STRAIGHT STRETCH OF THE LAKE APPROXIMATELY 300 YARDS FROM THE SHARP CURVE JUST SOUTH OF THE STOKES COUNTY LINE.  VESSEL 2 APPROACHED VESSEL 1 FROM THE STERN TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 25-30 MPH.  THE BOW OF VESSEL 2 STRUCK THE CENTER OF VESSEL 1'S MOTOR AND TRAVELED UP AND OVER THE STERN AND TRAVELED ACROSS THE RAIL AT THE STERN/ STARBOARD.  VESSEL 2 LEFT PROP MARKS ON THE MOTOR, SWIM LADDER, AND THE REAR STARBOARD RAILS OF VESSEL 1.  VESSEL 2 EXITED APPROXIMATELY 4 FEET FROM THE STEARN ON THE STARBOARD SIDE.  Vessel2operator SAID HE NEVER SAW VESSEL 1 PRIOR TO THE IMPACT AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN PAYING BETTER ATTENTION.  VESSEL 1 SUSTAINED APPROXIMATELY $20,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE.  VESSEL 2 HAD MINOR SCRATCHES TO THE BOW AND BOTTOM, A BENT EYE HOOK AND MINOR PROP DAMAGE WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY $200 WORTH OF DAMAGE.  NO ONE SUSTAINED PERSONAL INJURIES, ONLY PROPERTY DAMAGE.
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