This is the description of a boating accident that occurred on April 26, 2009, at approximately 1230 hours.

The operator of Vessel 1 was maneuvering the vessel at approximately 15-20 MPH, turning circles and driving through them, and driving in figure eights.  Vessel 1 was headed in a northwesterly direction as the neared Vessel 2.  Vessel 2 was traveling in a northerly direction at approximately 45 MPH.  The occupants and operator of Vessel 2 moved further to their left to avoid Vessel 1, but did not want to come any closer to the shoreline on the left.  They saw Vessel 1 resume a more northerly direction, so the occupants of Vessel 2 assumed that Vessel 1 had seen them.  However, at this time, Vessel 1 moved slightly right and then took a sharp left turn, colliding with the starboard side of Vessel 2.  The operator of each boat stopped and made sure that none of the occupants were injured.  The operator of Vessel 1 offered to have Vessel 2 follow them back to their home to exchange information, which is where the local police department was called to begin the accident reporting process.
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