V2 WAS ON PLANE SOUTH BOUND IN THE ICW APPROACHING THE ROYAL PARK BRIDGE AREA. V1 WAS ON PLANE SOUTH BOUND BEHIND V2 APPROACHING THE ROYAL PARK BRIDGE ALSO. AS V2 CAME UP TO ROYAL PARK BRIDGE HE PULLED BACK ON THE THROTTLE AND CAME TO IDLE SPEED. V1 WAS STILL ON PLANE BEHIND V2 OBSERVING THE REGULATORY SIGNS AND DID NOT SEE V2 COME OFF PLANE TO IDLE. V1 PULLED BACK ON THE THROTTLES AND TURNED TO STARBOARD ATTEMPTING TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH V2 BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. V1'S BOW MADE IMPACT WITH V2 STRIKING IT BETWEEN THE STARBOARD SIDE ENGINE AND THE STARBOARD STERN AREA AND ALSO ALONG THE GUNWALE AREA VEERING OFF TO THE STARBOARD SIDE. THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO V2'S STARBOARD STERN DOOR, THE STARBOARD ENGINE AND DAMAGE TO THE GUNWALE FROM THE STERN AREA UP PASS THE MIDSHIP AREA. V1'S VESSEL RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE PORT TRIM TAB. THERE IS CHIPED GEL COAT ON THE PORT BOW BELOW THE CHIME AND GEL COAT DAMAGE. ALONG THE PORTSIDE MIDSHIP. ALSO THERE IS A SPUN PROP AND A DAMAGED LOWER UNIT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND BOTH VESSELS WERE PULLED OVER TO THE CITY OF WEST PALM FLOATING DOCKS AND LATER TAKEN OUT OF THE WATER TO BE REVIEWED FOR DAMAGE ASSESSMENT.
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