WHILE RUNNING THE RACE COURSE DURING A LOBSTERBOAT RACE, OPERATOR A OBSERVED VESSEL B OUT OF THE CORNER OF HIS EYE TO HIS STARBOARD SIDE AFT OVERTAKING HIM. OPERATOR A FELT THAT THE VESSEL B WAS GOING TO COLLIDE WITH VESSEL A AND HE PULLED BACK ON THE THROTLE AND TURNED TO PORT. VESSEL A AND VESSEL B WERE THE ONLY VESSELS RUNNING THE COURSE AT THE TIME. 

AS A RESULT OF VESSEL A DRAMATICLY CHANGING SPEED AND DIRECTION, THE WAKE FROM VESSEL B, AND A SOUTHERLY CROSSWIND OPERATOR A WAS EJECTED FROM VESSEL A TO THE STARBOARD SIDE. PASSENGER A WAS THROWN AROUND THE DECK OF THE VESSEL AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE BOAT BY REACHING A KILL SWITCH IN THE STERN, PORT SIDE.

BOTH OPERATOR A AND PASSENGER A WERE WEARING TYPE III PFD'S PRIOR TO AND DURING THE SITUATION. OPERATOR A WAS PICKED UP BY MARINE PATROL AND TRANSPORTED TO THE DOCK. EMS TRANSPORTED OPERATOR A TO THE HOSPITAL WITH COMPLAINTS OF BACK, NECK, AND RIGHT ARM PAIN.

NEITHER VESSEL A OR VESSEL B WAS DAMAGED.
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