#1 OPERATOR WAS RETURNING TO DOCK THE BOAT & STRUCK A PONTOON BOAT STORED ON BOAT LIFT. WHILE MANUEVERING NEAR THE DOCK ONE JET DID NOT REDUCE ITS  POWER THRUST. LATER EXAMINATION DETERMINED REASON  THAT ONE POWER JET KEPT GOING STRONG WHEN THROTTLE WAS DECREASED WAS RESULT OF A 'KINK' IN THE THROTTLE WIRE TO ONE JET. BOTH BOATS OWNED BY THE SAME FAMILY MEMBER AND WERE LATER DETERMINED TO BE TOTAL LOSS BY INSURANCE COMPANY.
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