VESSEL 1 WAS CRUISING SOUTHEAST IN ABBOTTS CREEK JUST EAST OF FOSTERS POINT ON HIGH ROCK LAKE.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 LOOKED AWAY FROM THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL AND APPROACHED VESSEL 2 WHICH WAS TIED TO THE OWNER'S DOCK.  VESSEL 1 DECELERATED AND LOST STEERING CONTROL OF THE VESSEL.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 THEN ACCELLERATED QUICKLY TO AVOID HITTING VESSEL 2 HEAD ON.  VESSEL 1 TURNED QUICKLY TO THE PORT AND STRUCK VESSEL 2 PORT TO PORT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE DECK, METAL RAILING AND SHEET METAL ON THE PORT SIDE OF VESSEL 2.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 AND THE PASSENGER WERE BOTH EJECTED FROM THE VESSEL INTO THE WATER.  VESSEL 1 SUFFERED DAMAGE TO THE REAR PORT SIDE AND THE REAR BOARDING PLATFORM.  THE OPERATOR AND PASSENGER ABOARD VESSEL 1 SUFFERED NO INJURIES AND WERE WEARING THE APPROPRIATE PFDS.  NO PERSONS WERE ABOARD VESSEL 2 AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION, IT WAS STATIONARY AND TIED TO THE OWNER'S FLOATING DOCK.
THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR CONTACT BECAUSE HE RETURNED TO HIS RESIDENCE IN PENNSYLVANIA.  THE OWNER OF VESSEL 1 WHO RESIDES IN LEXINGTON, NC  WAS ABLE TO SUBMIT THE MB.1 FORM IN THE PLACE OF THE OPERATOR.
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