V1 AND V2 WERE PROCEEDING NORTHBOUND FROM PASS-A-GRILL CHANNEL ALONG THE BEACH. V2 WAS APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET AHEAD OF V1. V2 SUDDENLY STOPPED TO GET A DRINK. THE V1 OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE DIRECTION, HOWEVER, WAS UNSUCCESSFUL DUE TO BEING HIT BY WAVES, SUBSEQUENTLY V1 STRUCK V2 FROM THE STARBOARD STERN CONTINUING ACROSS THE REAR OF THE VESSEL STRIKING AND EJECTING THE V2 OPERATOR. A PASSING VESSEL BROUGHT THE V2 OPERATOR ABOARD AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO MARY'S PIER, THEN TRANSPORTED TO BAYFRONT MEDICAL FOR TREATMENT.
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