VESSEL 1 WAS TRAVELING UPSTREAM INTO FLAT SWAMP CREEK.  VESSEL 1 ENTERED A SERIES OF S-TURNS.  AS VESSEL 1 WAS EXITING THE S-TURNS, VESSEL 2 WAS ENTEREING THE S-TURNS TRAVELING DOWN STREAM.  VESSEL 1 TURNED TO HIS RIGHT TO PASS TO THE RIGHT OF VESSEL 2.  VESSEL 2 TURNED TO THE LEFT.  THIS CAUSED VESSEL 1 TO THEN TURN TO HIS LEFT AND VESSEL 2 REACTED BY TURNING RIGHT.  WITH EACH TURN AND THE SPEED OF EACH VESSEL THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE VESSELS CLOSED AND EVENTUALLY LED TO THE COLLISION.  THE ENTIRE STARBAORD SIDE OF VESSEL 1 WAS STRUCK AND DAMAGED WHILE VESSEL 2 DAMAGE WAS PRIMARILY ON THE PORT BOW.  THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ALCOHOL USE.  BOTH VESSELS WERE EQUIPPED WITH PFD'S BUT NONE WERE USED.
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