At 1208 HRS, the owner of vessel 2 reportedly contacted the Perry Marina to report that vessel 1 had collided with vessel 2.  At approximately 1410 HRS, NRO arrived at dock H7 to speak with the owner of vessel 2 and take photographs of said vessel.  While speaking with him, he described the following:
At approximately 1205 HRS on 6/11/11, vessel 1 was observed backing from slip G22 at the Lake Perry Yacht and Marina Club in Perry, KS.  At said time, vessel 1 was occupied by three male subjects, approximately 25-30 years of age.  The operator was described as wearing a white tee-shirt and was sitting towards the aft end, by the throttle of an outboard engine.  One subject was sitting midship and the other was sitting towards the bow.  After backing out of the slip, while under power, vessel 1 began traveling west towards H dock.  Just prior to the bow of vessel 1 colliding with the stern of vessel 2, someone reportedly said, "There''s something wrong with the steering!"
During the collision, vessel 1''s bow collided with the stern of vessel 2, causing fiberglass damage to vessel 2''s stern platform.  The rub rail on vessel 2''s port quarter was dislodged during the collision and several scratches along vessel 2''s starboard side were created.  The bow eye of both vessels were partially dislodged during the incident; vessel 1''s appeared to have been forced down and to starboard and vessel 2''s appeared to be forced down.  Long, vertical scrapes were observed on the bow of vessel 1 near the bow eye consistent with colliding with something, straight-on.
After the incident, the owner of vessel 2 reportedly raised his voice towards the operator of vessel 1 as he was backing said vessel out.  Vessel 2''s owner was reportedly upset that he left after colliding with his vessel.  
At 1529 HRS on 6/23/11, NRO received a call from the operator of vessel 1.  While speaking with him, he admitted being the operator of vessel 1 during the collision and advised that just prior to the incident, he had encountered steering problems due to the fact that the keel was not down.  He further indicated that it was the first time they''d taken vessel 1 out for the summer and added that it was low on fuel.  After colliding with vessel 2, the owner of said vessel reportedly became beligerant with him, yelling profanities, etc. and operator 1 felt it was best to leave the area and report the incident elsewhere.  Operator 1 then stopped at the fuel pumps and informed an unknown subject that worked for the marina of the incident and asked them to call the police.  Sometime thereafter he spoke with the manager of the marina and provided him with his insurance information to relay to the owner of vessel 2.

Perry                         