VESSEL 1 HAD BEEN FOLLOWING VESSEL 2 FOR A WHILE AND WAS JUMPING THE WAKE OF VESSEL 2.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 2 SAID THEY WANTED TO STOP AND LET THE CHILDREN OUT TO SWIM SO HE STARTED SLOWING DOWN GRADUALLY UNTIL HE CAME TO A STOP.  OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 SAID HE DID NOT REALIZE VESSEL 2 HAD STOPPED.  VESSEL 1 CAME AT VESSEL 2 AT AN ANGLE TO JUMP VESSEL 2 WAKE.  VESSEL 1 STRUCK VESSEL 2 ON THE PORT SIDE OF THE TRANSOM.  VESSEL 1 THEN VAULTED ONTO VESSEL 2 COMING TO REST INSIDE VESSEL 2.  AREA OF THE ACCIDENT WAS APPROX 235 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTH SHORE AND APPROX .26 MILES SOUTH OF THE NORTH SHORE AND APPROX .2 MILES EAST OF THE COOKSON MARINA COVE.
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