VESSEL # 1 WAS HEADING SOUTH TO SEA ISLE CITY, WHEN HE OBSERVED A VESSEL IN THE CHANNEL. tHE OPERATOR SLOWED DOWN.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2
SAW VESSEL # 1 APPROACHING AND PLACED HIS  VESSEL IN REVERSE TO GIVE VESSEL #1 . THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 TRIED TO GO ARROUND VESSEL #2.

VESSEL #2 WAS STRUCK ON THE STARBOARD SIDE WHEN THE OPERATOR LOST CONTROL AND THE VESSELS COLLIDED.
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