VESSEL 1 WAS OPERATING IN SWEARING CREEK ON HIGH ROCK LAKE TRAVELING EAST TOWARD LINWOOD SOUTHMONT RD BRIDGE, TO A PRIVATE BOAT RAMP JUST ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE LINWOOD SOUTHMONT RD BRIDGE.  VESSEL 2 WAS TRAVELING UNDER THE BRIDGE GOING WEST.

AS VESSEL 2 WAS IDLING THROUGH THE NO WAKE ZONE AT THE BRIDGE, THE OPERATOR OBSERVED VESSEL 1 TRAVELING IN A STRAIGHT DIRECTION OF TRAVEL TOWARD THE BRIDGE.  APPROXIMATELY TWENTY FEET PAST THE NO WAKE ZONE, VESSEL 2 INCREASED HIS SPEED TO GET ON PLANE.  AS VESSEL 2'S SPEED INCREASED, THE BOW OF HIS VESSEL RESTRICTED HIS VISION.  AT THIS TIME, VESSEL 1 BEGAN TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ACROSS SWEARING CREEK TOWARD THE PRIVATE BOAT RAMP.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 2 SAW VESSEL 1 TRAVELING TOWARD HIM AND MADE A HARD RIGHT TURN TRYING TO AVOID A COLLISION.  VESSEL 2 STRUCK VESSEL 1 ON THE LEFT SIDE NEAR THE BOW CROSSING THE DECK AND FRONT PONTOON.  NO INJURIES OCCURRED DURING THIS COLLISION.  NO ALCOHOL WAS INVOLVED AND PFDS WERE AVAILABLE BUT WERE NOT USED.
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