BOAT#2 WITH SON IN A TUBE WAS IDLING TO BEGIN TOWING TUBE & RIDER AROUND THE LAKE. BOAT#1 APPROACHED FROM HIS DOCK DIRECTLY TOWARD BOAT#2. AS BOAT#1 CAME CLOSER, BOAT#2 OPERATOR WAS CONCERNED & SHOUTED TO BOAT#1 OPERATOR TO GET BACK TO HIS CONTROLS & SLOW HIS BOAT DOWN. BOAT#1 OPERATOR HAD LEFT HIS BOAT CONTROLS CONSOLE & MOVED FORWARD TO THE FRONT OF HIS PONTOON BOAT TO SHOUT AT BOAT#2 THAT IS WAS TOO EARLY TO BE TOWING TUBES ON THE LAKE. AS BOAT#1 APPROACHED CLOSER, BOAT#2 OPERATOR TRIED TO MOVE HIS BOAT OUT OF BOAT#1 HEADING. BOAT#2 OPERATOR'S ACTION WAS TOO LATE. BOAT#1 RIGHT PONTOON PUNCTURED BOAT#2 IN THE STARBOARD SIDE. AFTER SOME VOCAL EXCHANGES, BOAT#1 OPERATOR LEFT THE AREA TO HIS DOCK AND BOAT#2 RETURNED HIS BOAT TO THE BOAT OWNER'S DOCK.THE DAMAGE TO BOAT#2 EXCEEDED $3000 PER BOAT#2 OPERATOR.
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