V2 WAS TRAVELING IN AN EAST DIRECTION AT IDLE SPEED. V2 OPERATOR'S ATTENTION WAS FOCUSED LOOKING SOUTH. V1 WAS APPROACHING V2 FROM THE NORTH AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH. V1 OPERATOR STATED THAT HER INTENTION WAS TO APPROACH V2'S PORT SIDE, COME OFF-THROTTLE SLOWING THE VESSEL DOWN AND TURN HER VESSEL TO PORT COMING TO REST SIDE BY SIDE CLOSE TO V2'S PORT SIDE. ON V1'S APPROACH, ONCE THE OPERATOR LET OFF THE THROTTLE, THE VESSEL HAD NO STEERING ABILITY CAUSING IT TO STRIKE THE PORT SIDE AT MIDSHIP OF V2 NOCKING THE V2 OPERATOR INTO THE WATER.
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