ON 7/25/10, AT ABOUT 9:00AM, VESSEL 1 WAS CRUISING BETWEEN 20 TO 40 MPH HEADING EAST ON LAKE GASTON.  VESSEL 2 WAS TROLLING FOR STRIPED BASS AT A SPEED OF LESS THAN 10 MPH HEADING NORTH.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 2 STATED THAT VESSEL 1 WAS HEADING STRAIGHT TOWARD HIS VESSEL AND THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 WAS LOOKING DOWN.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 2 ATTEMPTED TO AVOID THE COLLISION BY TURNING HIS BOAT.  VESSEL 1 HIT VESSEL 2 IN THE PORT SIDE NEAR THE BOW AND WENT AIRBORN, LANDING ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE ON VESSEL 2.  VESSEL 2 RECEIVED SEVERE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE PORT SIDE NEAR THE BOW AND RECEIVED A BROKEN WINDSHIELD.  VESSEL 1 RECEIVED ONLY MINOR SCRATCHES TO THE HULL UNDER THE BOW.  DURING THE INTERVIEW WITH THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1, THE OPERATOR STATED THAT HE LOOKED DOWN FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS TO SCRATCH HIS FOOT.  WHILE LOOKING DOWN, HE FELT HIS VESSEL HIT SOMETHING.  WHEN THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 LOOKED UP, THE VESSEL WAS IN THE AIR.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 THEN REALIZED THAT HE HAD HIT VESSEL 2.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 WAS CHARGED WITH CARELESS AND RECKLESS OPERATION OF A MOTOR BOAT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES WITH THIS ACCIDENT.
LITTLETON                     