VESSEL # 1 AND VESSEL # 2 WERE FISHING IN A NIGHT FISHING TOURNAMENT WHEN A THUNDERSTORM STARTED.  OPERATOR OF VESSEL # 1 STOPPED TO PUT ON RAIN GEAR AND OPERATOR OF VESSEL # 2 WAS BEHIND THE WINDSHIELD  AND DID NOT SEE ANYTHING JUST FELT THE IMPACT OF THE VESSELS COLLIDING.  OPERATOR OF VESSEL # 1 ALSO STATED THAT HE DIDN'T HEAR OR SEE VESSEL # 2 UNTIL IMPACT.  LIGHTS WERE ON AND OPERABLE ON VESSEL # 1.  VESSEL # 2 STRUCK VESSEL # 1 ON STARBOARD STERN AND PITCHED TOWARDS THE STARBOARD SIDE LEAVING PROP CUTS DOWN STARBOARD SIDE OF VESSEL # 1.  INJURIES WERE CAUSED TO OPERATOR OF VESSEL # 1 DUE TO IMPACT WITH DASH AND STEERING WHEEL.
HOLT                          