V1 WAS HEADING SOUTH IN THE ICW NEAR MARKERS 21 AND 22.  V2 WAS HEADING NORTH FOLLOWING IN LINE BEHIND TWO VESSELS.  THESE VESSELS WERE SPACED APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET APART.  V1 AND THE LEAD VESSEL IN LINE APPROACHED EACH OTHER AND, NOTICING THAT V1 WAS NOT ALTERING ITS COURSE, THE LEAD VESSEL WAS FORCED TO ALTER COURSE TO PORT.  THE NEXT VESSEL IN LINE WAS APPROACHED QUICKLY BY V1 ON RECIPROCAL COURSES.  V1 MADE NO ATTEMPT TO ALTER COURSE OR SPEED AND FORCED THE SCOND VESSEL TO AALTER COURSE HARD TO STRABOARD TO AVOID COLLISION.  V2, BEING THE THIRD BOAT IN LINE SURVEYING THE SITUATION THAT OCCURRED BETWEEN V1 AND THE TWO PREVIOUS VESSELS IN FRONT OF HIM, SLOWED TO AN IDLE AND WAS IMMEDIATELY FACED WITH A HEAD ON SITUATION.  V2 ALTERED COURSE TO PORT AND APPLIED INCREASED THROTTLE AND V1 PULLED BACK ON THE THROTTLES WHEN HE NOTICED V2.  THE BOW OF V2 STRUCK THE STARBOARD REAR QUARTER OF V2.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.
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