VESSEL 1 (V1) WAS NORTHBOUND INTO FLEMING KEY CHANNEL FROM SIGSBEE AT POSITION 1 (P1).  AT (P2) (V1)'s OPERATOR SAID ANOTHER VESSEL, THAT WAS BLACKED OUT, TURNED ITS NAVAGATION LIGHTS ON. AS (V1) WAS PULLING BACK ON HIS THROTTLES TO OBSERVE WHAT THE OTHER VESSEL WAS DOING HE RAN INTO RED DAY MARKER # 14 AT (P3). (V1)s OPERATOR SAID THE OTHER VESSEL TURNED ITS LIGHTS BACK OFF AND LEFT THE SCENE.
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