OPERATOR OF VESSEL TWO WAS OPERATING VESSEL OWNED BY VESSEL TWO OWNER IN THE LAKE. DUE TO FOGGY CONDITIONS AND POOR VISIBILITY (20-40 FT). OPERATOR OF VESSEL TWO WAS OPERATING TOO CLOSE TO THE SHORELINE AT IDLE SPEED WHEN HE HEARD THE SOUND OF A VESSEL MOTOR APPROACHING FROM THE STERN OF HIS VESSEL. OPERATOR OF VESSEL TWO TURNED TO LOOK OVER HISW SHOULDER AND OBSERVED VESSEL ONE  WITH BOW UP AT A VERY CLOSE DISTANCE BEHIND HIM. VESSEL TWO OPERATOR ACCELERATED TO HIS STARBOARD SIDE TRYING TO AVOID COLLISION BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET CLERED IN TIME.  VESSEL ONE MADE CONTACT CAUSING DAMAGE ON THE STERN PORT SIDE OF VESSEL TWO. THE MOTOR COWLING ON VESSEL TWO HAD DAMAGE THAT APPEARED TO OCCUR DURING THE IMPACT. VESSEL TWO OPERATOR STATED HE NEVER SAW ANOTHER VESSEL UNTIL AFTER THE IMPACT. NO INJURIES WHERE REPORTED AND PFD'S WHRE WORN BY THE JUVENILE PASSENGERS IN VESSEL TWO. NO ALCOHOL WAS INVOLVED.
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