VESSEL 1 AND VESSEL 2 WERE TRAVELING SOUTH ON THE ICW NEAR SNEADS FERRY ON JUNE 28, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:40AM.  VESSEL 1 WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35 MPH AND VESSEL 2 WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 45 MPH.  VESSEL 2 OVERTOOK VESSEL 1 ON THE PORT SIDE AND THEN MADE A SHARP RIGHT TURN.  WHEN VESSEL 2 MADE A RIGHT TURN, VESSEL 1 WAS UNABLE TO SLOW OR MANEUVER TO AVOID A COLLISION.  VESSEL 2 WAS STRUCK ON ITS STARBOARD SIDE BY THE BOW OF VESSEL 1.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 2 WAS OPERATING WITHIN 100 FEET OF VESSEL 1 AND WAS CITED.  A FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A PROPER OUTLOOK AND OPERATING WITHIN 100 FEET OF ANOTHER VESSEL WHILE OPERATING A PWC MOST LIKELY CAUSED THIS ACCIDENT.  NO ALCOHOL WAS INVOLVED.
SNEADS FERRY                  