AT OR AROUND 3:15PM ON JULY 11, 2010, VESSEL ONE AND VESSEL TWO WERE RENTED FROM WATER SPORTS RENTALS IN INDIAN BEACH, NC.  SHORTLY AFTER THEY GOT INTO THE WATER, VESSEL ONE HEADED EAST WITH VESSEL TWO BEHIND AND TO THE PORT.  BOTH VESSELS WERE GOING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.  VESSEL ONE SLOWED SLIGHTLY AND TURNED LEFT BEING STRUCK ON THE PORT SIDE BY VESSEL TWO.  operator1 STATED THAT SHE LOOKED OVER HER LEFT SHOULDER TO CHECK FOR TRAFFIC AND WHEN SHE LOOKED BACK UP THEY WERE RIGHT THERE.
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