According to the operator, of the vessel partners in paradise, they were traveling south down the icw in the alligator river.  Around channel marker 47 near grassy point, two sport fishing vessels, the chiefton of dover, delaware and the mad hunt of virginia beach, virginia proceeded to pass partners in paradise at a high rate of speed on their port side.  The wake of these two vessels then caused the trawler, partners in paradise, to list side to side violently causing damage inside the vessel.  The damage consisted of various decorations and glassware to fall and break.  A freezer came loose from its anchor and scratched the wood floor, ant most notably, a wooden storage box on the counter top fell onto a mac laptop computer damaging the screen.  At the time, the names of the two sport fishing vessels were not seen, but later were collected by the operator of partners in paradise from other vessels that were traveling down the icw.  After recovering from the incident, partners in paradise continued down the icw into the pungo river and docked at belhaven waterway marina where they were questioned, completed a boat accident report, and the damages documented.  The operator was told that no charges were being filed at this time and that they would have to handle this matter in civil court due to the fact that the other vessel operators could not be reached.  The number of the hyde county clerk of court was given to them along with officer’s contact information.  The us coast guard could not provide any additional information on the two sport fishing vessels based on the name and hailing port provided.  No alcohol or drug use was suspected and no charges were filed.
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