BOAT #1 HAD LEFT THE FAIRGROUNDS BOAT RAMP AND WAS TRAVELING SOUTH.  BOAT #1 COVER HAD ONLY BEEN REMOVED TO THE POINT TO CLEAR THE OPERATOR CONSOLE AREA.  BOAT #2 WAS FISHING AND WAS TROLLING IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION TOWARDS THE WEST BAY OF WINONA LAKE.  OPERATOR OF BOAT #1 ADVISED HE DIDN'T SEE THE FISHING BOAT UNTIL JUST BEFORE IMPACT.  OPERATOR OF BOAT #2 ADVISED HE OBSERVED BOAT #1 JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT AND WAS UNABLE TO ALTER COURSE.  THE OPERATOR OF BOAT #1 COULD NOT ESTIMATE HIS SPEED BUT THE OPERATOR OF BOAT #2 ADVISED THAT HE WAS TROLLING AT APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH AND BOAT #1 APPEARED TO BE ON PLANE.  THE STARBOARD PONTOON OF BOAT #1 IMPACTED BOAT #2 ON THE STARBOARD SIDE JUST BEHIND THE OPERATORS SEATED POSITION.  BOAT #1 IMPACTED BOAT #2 AT A SPEED THAT CAUSED THE STARBOARD SIDE TO BE DEFORMED INWARD APPROXIMATELY 6.5 INCHES BUT DID NOT PUNCTURE THE HULL.  THERE WAS NO SECONDARY IMPACT DAMAGE ON THE PORT SIDE OF BOAT #2.
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