OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 ADVISED THAT HE NEVER SAW VESSEL 2 AND THAT HIS VESSEL REARENDED THE STERN OF VESSEL 2 . POINT OF IMPACT WAS VESSEL 1'S PORT SIDE BOW STRIKING VESSEL 2'S STARBOEARD STERN . THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES FROM OCCUPANTS OF VESSEL 1 AND 2. THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 WAS CHARGED WITH: NEGLIGENT OPERATION OF A VESSEL AND FAILURE TO OBEY  NAVIGATION RULES.
GIBSON ISLAND                 