BOAT#1 - TOWN OF BURLINGTON PATROL BOAT APPROACHED A DRIFTING BOAT#2  FOR A SAFETY INSPECTION & INQUIRY REASON NO REGISTRATION NUMBER WAS DISPLAYED. PATROL BOAT APPROACHED BOAT#2's PORT SIDE AT 45 DEGREE ANGLE. CHOPPY WATER MADE SAFE APPROACH DIFFICULT SO THE BOAT#1 OPERATOR WENT AROUND & APPROACHED BOAT#2 SO BOTH BOATS WOULD BE STARBOARD TO STARBOARD. THE NEXT DAY BOAT#2 OWNER NOTICED AN ELONGATED DENTATION IN HIS NEW BOAT AND PRESUMED CONTACT WAS MADE BY THE PATROL BOAT#1 CAUSED THE DAMAGE SINCE NO OTHER BOAT HAD COME CLOSE TO BOAT#2 THAT DAY OR THE FOLLOWING DAY.
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