VESSEL # 1 EXITED RABBIT CREEK AND WAS HEADING EAST TOWARD MOBILE BAY.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL # 1 DID NOT SEE THE ANCHOR LIGHT ON VESSEL # 2.  WHEN HE DID SEE IT HE TRIED TO AVOID A COLLSION AND TURND THE WHEEL HARD STARBOARD.  THE COLLISION OCCURRED FROM PORT BOW TO PORT BOW.  OPERATOR AND 1 PASSENGER WERE EJECTED FROM VESSEL # 1. 1 PASSENGER REMAINED ON VESSEL # 1 AND ENDED UP NEAR THE GRAND MARINER MARINA.  THE OPERATOR WAS NOT WEARING HIS SHUT OFF SWITCH.  2 PASSENGERS ON VESSEL # 2 WERE ASLEEP ON THE AFT SUN DECK. ONE OF THEM WAS EJECTED INTO THE WATER.  A CHECK OF VESSEL # 2 SHOWS THE ANCHOR LIGHT EXTENDS FAR ENOUGH TO BE SEEN 360 DEGREES.  DAMAGE WAS EXTENSIVE TO BOTH VESSELS.  MINOR INJURIES OCCURED TO OPERATOR AND PASSENGERS ON BOTH VESSELS.
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