RedactedNarrative: On August 9th V1 was travelling up George Creek to access the George Lake--Alaska Department of Fish and Game cabin we had reserved.  We had unloaded our boat at the Tanana River boat ramp and had travelled the 2.6 miles downstream to enter the mouth of George Creek. This river would take us to George Lake where we had planned to fish for pike. My craft is a 16’ all welded tunnel hull with a Mercury 40hp jet motor designed for shallow water which this creek was.  We had travelled approximately 3 miles upstream on George Creek with no issues. 
   
  We approached a 90 degree right hand bend in the river at 6:15 PM.  I was at the tiller/motor and my father was sitting in the front of the boat.  At this point we were positioned on the right-hand side of the river and were preparing/slowing for the right hand turn.  As we approached the bend, we were struck by the other parties boat who was maneuvering downstream/oncoming-- but instead of taking “their” side—opted to cut the corner and directly into our path. My 71 old father was thrown from our boat and physically struck the other craft. 
   
  He was face down for a moment in the water but righted himself after a bit and was assisted by a (party in other boat) who had jumped out of her vessel to assist him.  Both vessels attempted to retrieve items ejected from my craft and ensure that a purported additional vessel coming downstream would not cause further harm as my father was in the middle of the creek as the other boat driver indicated there was another boat close behind-“on his tail”.  
   
  We did not see this craft. I would like to make clear that this creek/river is approximately the width of a two lane road.  It does meander and makes very tight corners.  That being said, there are signs upstream and downstream which request boats to turn off engines and listen before proceeding to ensure there are no other vessels approaching which we did.  Jet watercraft require a certain amount of speed to ensure they are planed and able to navigate shallow water however the rules of the road still apply and I took measure to ensure we were on “our side of the road”. After the accident I was surprised to learn that the other boat driver had removed the “reverse thrust plate” as he thought it was ineffective. We also discussed why the accident had occurred.  In his words, “you did nothing wrong” after I asked why this happened.  
   
  I explained that we had stopped and listened-proceeded and asked if he had done the same.  He said he had.  I also expressed concern that we had stayed on the right side of the river coming up to the turn and was shocked that he was “on us” at the corner.  He again expressed apologies and stated that he knew something like this was going to happen on this river and that he was forced to take his angle due to “the river” and that this was a much wider section of the creek as compared to a few turns upstream where it “got real tight”.   A jet pump motor needs to be under power to maintain directional control, but time should not endanger the lives of others
   