HUSBAND & WIFE WERE FISHING ON DRIFTING BOAT#2. BOAT#1 APPROACHED BOAT#2 WITH BOW HIGH OUT OF WATER. AS BOAT#1 APPROACHED CLOSER, BOAT#2 OPERATOR & PASSENGER(WIFE) STOOD UP TO GAIN ATTENTION OF BOAT#1 OPERATOR. WHEN BOAT#2 OPERATOR REALIZED BOAT#1 OPERATOR DID NOT SEE BOAT#2, HE PLACED TROLLING MOTOR IN REVERSE. THIS ACTION MOVED THE BOAT SUFFICIENTLY TO AVOID BEING HIT MID SHIP ON STARBOARD SIDE. BOAT#1 STRUCK BOAT#2 NEAR FRONT BOW SEAT ON STARBOARD SIDE & CAREENED ACROSS THE BOW OF BOAT#2. AFTER CHECKING WITH EACH OTHER, BOTH BOATS PROCEEDED TO BOAT LANDING AT BARKER PARKER WHERE LAW AUTHORITIES WERE THEN CALLED AND BOTH OPERATORS EXCHANGED INFORMATION.
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