V1 WAS TROLLING AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED AND IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING DIRECTION FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. V2 HAD JUST LEFT THE NO-WAKE PORTION OF THE LAKE AND HAD INCREASED SPEED. V1 WAS TRAVELING EAST AND V2 WAS TRAVELING NORTH AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION. O2 IN V2 WAS DISTRACTED BY THE DEPTH FINDER/SONAR ON V2. O2 INFORMED WCO THAT THE SONAR WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY AND O2 WAS ATTEMPTING TO FIX IT JUST PRIOR TO THE COLLISION.  
O1 SAW V2 HEADING IN HIS DIRECTION AND YELLED AT O2. O2 HEARD AND ATTEMPTED TO AVOID THE ACCIDENT BY TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL OF V2 TOWARD STARBOARD BUT WAS TOO LATE. V2 STRUCK V1 ON THE STARBOARD SIDE NEAR THE CONSOLE. V2 OVERRODE A PORTION OF V1 AND THEN SLID OFF AND BACK INTO THE WATER. O2 STATED THAT A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE SEAT AT THE BOW OF V2 OBSTRUCTING O2'S VIEW. 
O1 DESCRIBED V1 AS BEING OPERATED AT A VERY SLOW RATE OF SPEED APPROXIMATLEY A COUPLE MILES PER HOUR. O1 DESCRIBED V2 AS OPERATING SOMEWHERE IN THE RANGE OF 15-20MPH. 
O2 DESCRIBED V2 AS BEING OPERATED AT APPROXIMATLEY 10-15MPH AND V1 EITHER NOT MOVING OR MOVING VERY SLOW. 
WCO WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ACCIDENT AND CONDUCTED AN EXAMINATION OF THE VESSELS A FEW DAYS AFTER THE ACCIDENT. V1 RECEIVED ALL DAMAGE TO THE STARBOARD SIDE BEGINNING AT THE CONSOLE AND EXTENDING TO THE BOW. V1 HAD SEVERAL DENTS ON THE TOP OF THE GUNWALE, PAINT TRANSFER FROM V2 ON THE STEERING WHEEL, A BROKEN WINDSHIELD, SCRATCHES DOWN THE STARBOARD SIDE OF THE HULL, A BROKEN CONSOLE AND A BROKEN DEPTH FINDER MOUNT. V2 RECEIVED ALL DAMAGE TO THE PORT SIDE WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE ON THE KEEL. V2 HAD DENTS AND SCRAPES ALONG THE KEEL STARTING FROM THE BOW AND EXTENDING APPROXIMATLEY HALFWAY DOWN THE VESSEL, THERE WERE SCRATCHES RUNNING DIAGONALLY FROM THE VESSELS LONGITUDINAL AXIS APPROXIMATLEY HALFWAY BACK FROM THE BOW ON THE PORTSIDE OF THE VESSEL NEAR THE KEEL. V2 HAD SOME PAINT TRANSFER ALONG THE PORT SIDE OF THE BOAT FROM V1.
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