VESSEL 2 HAD JUST DEPARTED SHACK HEADING WEST TOWARDS BEAUFORT.  VESSEL 1 WAS AT ANCHOR FISHING NEAR BEAFORT INLET.  VESSEL 2 WAS UNDERWAY TRAVELING BACK TOWARDS BEAUFORT.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 2 WENT TO THE STERN TO PUMP THE FUEL BALL BECAUSE HIS ENGINES WERE RUNNING ROUGH.  WHEN THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 2 LOOKED BACK UP HIS VESSEL WAS TRAVELING TOWARDS VESSEL 1.  VESSEL 2'S STARBOARD SIDE STRUCK VESSEL 1'S STARBOARD SIDE BREAKING THE BOW RAIL OF VESSEL 1.  

VESSEL 2 WAS AT FAULT DUE TO AN IMPROPER LOOKOUT.  Occupant on V2 was injured when his finger was impaled by a fish hook.
BEAUFORT                      