THE OPERATOR/OWNER OF VESSEL A WAS DISEMBARKING FROM THE LAKE AND HAD ALREADY PUT THE BOAT ON THE BOAT TRAILER. VESSEL B WAS LAUNCHING IN THE NEXT LANE OVER FROM VESSEL A. ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL B, HE SHIFTED INTO REVERSE AND WENT FORWARD. THE OPERATOR/OWNER OF VESSEL B HAD PERFORMED SOME LINKAGE WORK ON VESSEL B JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE AND THINKS HE MAY HAVE REVERSED THE LINKAGE. VESSEL B SHOT FORWARD AND THE PORT SIDE PONTOON HIT THE PORT SIDE OF VESSEL A, WHILE IT WAS ON THE BOAT TRAILER. THE TIP OF THE PONTOON PUNCHED A SMALL HOLE (APPROXIMATELY 1" DIA.) IN THE PORT SIDE OF VESSEL A UNDER THE VENT BLOWER COVER ALONG THE GUNWHALE NEAR THE STERN. THERE WAS A SEADOO SKIING TUBE ON THAT SIDE OF VESSEL A. IT TOOK SOME OF THE IMPACT OF THE COLISION AND WAS DESTROYED IN THE PROCESS. THERE WERE NO DAMAGE TO VESSEL B. THERE WERE NO INJURIES IN EITHER VESSEL. NEITHER VESSEL HAS INSURANCE COVERAGE. VESSEL B WAS AT FAULT. NO CITATIONS WERE ISSUED.
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