VESSEL #1 WAS TRAVELING UNDER HWY 16 BRIDGE TOWARDS THE EAST.  VESSEL1 OPERATOR WAS BY HIMSELF.  AS VESSEL #1 CLEARED THE BRIDGE AND WAS COMING OUT OF THE NO WAKE ZONE HE THROTTLE UP.  HE STATED THAT HE LOOKED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AND DIDN'T SEE ANY OTHER BOATS.  VESSEL #2 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH WEST TOWARDS VESSEL #1 AND STATED THAT HE COULD SEE THAT THE OPERATOR WASN'T ON PLANE YET AND OUT OF VIEW.  OPERATOR2 LET OFF OF THE THROTTLE AND WAS DRIFTING.  HE ALSO STATED THAT AS VESSEL #1 WAS GETTING CLOSE, HE PUT HIS BOAT IN REVERSE TO AVOID A COLLISION.  ABOUT THE TIME VESSEL #1 GOT TO PLANE THE OPERATOR COULD SEE VESSEL #2 AND THAT WAS ABOUT THE SMAE TIME AS IMPACT.  THE UPPER PORT SIDE OF VESSEL #1 STRUCK THE UPPER STARBOARD SIDE OF VESSEL #2 THUS CRACKING IT'S HULL AND SCRAPED DOWN THE PORT SIDE OF VESSEL #1.  THE TWO VESSELS DRIFTED APART FOR SEVERAL YARDS AND THEN THEY CAME BACK TOGETHER AND EXCHANGED INFORMATION.  OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 CALLED THE DAY FOLLOWING AND TOLD ME ABOUT THE ACCIDENT.  I QUESTIONED HIM ABOUT THE ACCIDENT AND HE SAID THAT NOBODY WAS INJURIED IN EITHER BOAT AND THE DAMAGE TO VESSEL #1 WAS JUST SCRAPES.  ON HIS BOAT I ASKED HIM IF THERE WAS $2000.00 OR MORE IN DAMAGE.  HE REPLIED BY SAYING THAT HIS BOAT WAS NOT EVEN WORTH NEAR THAT MUCH.  I INFORMED HIM THAT I WOULD NOT BE DOING AN ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE AND NOBODY WAS INJURIED.  I ALSO TOLD HIM THAT IF LATER ANYONE NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION OR THE DAMAGES EXCEED #2000.00 TO CALL ME.  A FEW DAYS LATER HE CALLED AND SAID HE GOT ESTIMATES ON HIS BOAT AND IT RANGED FROM $1900 - $10,000 AND HE WANTED A REPORT.  I MET WITH IHIM AND HE FILLED OUT FORM MB 4.1 AS I LOOKED AT ESTIMATE AND CALLED THE REPAIR SHOP.  THE REPAIRMAN SAID THAT BOAT WAS TOTALED AND HE WOULD HAVE TO CUT THE TOP OFF AND REPLACE THE HULL.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 CONTACTED ME BY PHONE AND GAVE ME HIS SIDE AND TOLD ME WHERE HE LIVED. I MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO LOOK AT HIS BOAT AND GIVE HIM A FORM MB 4.1 TO FILL OUT.  OPERATOR2 HAS CALLED ME SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST WEEK WANTING TO KNOW ABOUT THE REPORT AND STATING THAT HE HAS BACK INJURIES NOW.  I RECEIVED THE OTHER FORM ON 5-16-09.
CHARLOTTE                     