V1 WAS SLOWING DOWN AND WAS TURNING TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID AN ONCOMING VESSEL. AS V1 SLOWED, V2 DID NOT SEE THIS ACTION IN TIME. V2 ATTEMPTED TO TURN TO THE LEFT TO AVOID COLLIDING WITH V1, BUT DUE TO THE WAKE OF V1 AND BEING TOO CLOSE TO V1, HE WAS UNABLE TO AVOID THE BOW OF V2 GOING UP ON THE STERN OF V1 AND HITTING THE SKI TOWER. THIS CAUSED THE DAMAGE TO BOTH VESSELS AND THE INJURIES TO THE PASSENGERS.
BRANSON