ON AUGUST 8, 2010, THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND CALM.  OPERATOR1 WAS OPERATING AN 18 FT CAROLINA SKI HE HAD RENTED FROM NAUTI TIMES RENTAL.  OPERATOR1 WAS PULLING HIS SON ON A TUBE WHILE HIS WIFE WAS ON THE BOAT OBSERVING.  AT ABOUT 5:00PM, OPERATOR1 MADE A SHARP LEFT TURN THROWING HIM AND HIS WIFE FROM THE BOAT.  Operator and his son WERE ABLE TO SWIM CLEAR OF THE BOAT.  Operator’s wife WAS NOT ABLE TO SWIM OUT.  THE BOAT BEGAN TO CIRCLE the wife.  THE US COAST GUARD ARRIVED ON SCENE IN A 25 FT. SAFE BOAT (CG25587).  THE COAST GUARD MADE THE DECISION TO SHOULDER THE BOAT TO STOP THE BOAT FROM CIRCLING the wife.  THE COAST GUARD PULLED ITS VESSEL INTO THE PATH OF THE SMALLER VESSEL.   IMPACTED THE STARBOARD SIDE OF THE COAST GUARD VESSEL DAMAGING THE CABIN AND BREAKING OUT THE WINDOW.  ONE OF THE COAST GUARD OFFICERS JUMPED ON TO THE CAROLINA SKI AND TURNED THE VESSEL OFF.  THE FAMILY WERE THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE SHORELINE WHERE EMS WAS STANDING BY.  THE INJURIES WERE MINOR AND ONLY NEEDED FIRST AID.

I RECEIVED WRITTEN STATEMENTS FROM EACH OF THE MEMBERS OF THE OPERATOR1 FAMILY.  I ALSO HAVE TAKEN PICTURES AND ATTACHED THOSE AS WELL.
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