ON 08/18/09 AT APPROX. 1259 HRS. VESSELS 1 AND 2 WERE TRAVELING SOUTHEAST IN ISLE OF WRIGHT BAY.  THEY WERE TRAVELING AT A SPEED GREATER THAN 6 KNOTS AND WERE WITHIN 100' OF EACH OTHER.  BOTH VESSELS 1 AND 2 WERE PWC'S.  VESSEL 2 WAS AHEAD OF VESSEL 1. VESSEL 2 TURNED TO PORT AND SLOWED.  VESSEL 1 LET OFF THE THROTTLE IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID CONTACT WITH VESSEL 2.  THIS RESULTED IN A LOSS OF STEERING TO VESSELL 1.  VESSEL 1 THEN STRUCK VESSEL 2.
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