V1 IS A COMMERCIAL TUGBOAT PUSHING A BARGE. V1 WAS FINISHING A PILING JOB AT THE SAILFISH CLUB. V1 WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DOCKS BETWEEN THE NORTH AND MIDLE DOCKS WHEN THE PORT SIDE OF THE BARGE STRUCK V2'S BOW SPRIT. V2 WAS THEN PUSHED INTO THE DOCK, CAUSING DAMAGE TO V2. V1 OPERATOR STATED THAT WHILE EXITING THE DOCK AREA, HE NOTICED THAT HIS BARGE WAS IN DANGER OF HITTING V2 BECAUSE OF THE WIND AND CURRENT. V1 OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO DROP THE SKEGS ON THE BOAT TO KEEP FROM STRIKING V2, BUT ANOTHER VESSEL CAME BY LEAVING A WAKE CAUSING V1 TO STRIKE V2.
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