ON OCTOBER 17, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 3:20 PM, VESSEL 1 AND VESSEL 2 WERE TRAVELING SOUTH ON THE ICW NEAR SWANSBORO, NC.  VESSEL 2 WAS TRYING TO PASS VESSEL 1.  AS VESSEL 2 STARTED TO COME AROUND ON THE STARBOARD SIDE OF VESSEL 1, operator SAW A SMALL SKIFF ANCHORED.  IN AN EFFORT TO AVOID THE SKIFF, operator TURNED HARD TO PORT.  IN DOING SO, HE HIT THE STERN OF VESSEL 1 WITH HIS BOW.  THE ANCHOR MOUNT OF VESSEL 2 HIT THE STERN OF VESSEL 1.  THIS DAMAGED THE DINGY, DINGY'S ENGINE AND MOUNT ON VESSEL 1.  THERE MAY BE POSSIBLE HULL DAMAGE.  BOTH VESSELS WERE UNDER POWER OF THEIR ENGINES, NOT SAILS.  NO ONE WAS INJURED.  ALCOHOL AND DRUGS WERE NOT A FACTOR.
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