V2 WAS OPERATING UNDER SAIL IN A NORTH DIRECTION. VESSEL 1 WAS TRAVELING IN AN EAST TO WEST DIRECTION AND WAS UNDER POWER. AS V2 CROSSED THE PATH OF THE SAILBOAT, V2 SOUNDED A HORN TO WARn THE ONCOMING V1. V1 CONTINUED AND CROSSED IN FROnT OF V2. THE BOW OF V2 STRUCK V1 MIDSHIP PORT SIDE. V1 HAS SUGNIFICANT DAMAGE. V1 IS AT FAULT FOR VIOLATING THE RIGHT OF WAY OF V2 WHICH WAS UNDER SAIL. OPERATOR OF V1 SHOWED SIGNS OF IMPAIRMENT HOWEVER, NO BUI INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETED. CONTACT WAS MADE AT SCENE OF CRASH.
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