RedactedNarrative: On 8/25/18 at approximately 9:00pm, a boating incident occurred on lake wylie one mile south from buster boyd bridge in charlotte, nc.  Vessel 1 was a 21-foot, 2002 malibu wake setter boat with a 325hp inboard motor.   Vessel 2 was a 21-foot, 2015 sea hunt center console boat with a 150 hp outboard engine. 
  
  Vessel 1 was heading home traveling north one mile from buster boyd bridge on lake wylie.  Vessel 1 was travelling approximately 20 miles per hour.  Vessel 1 had properly working bow lights, but not the stern light.   Vessel 2 was traveling south at approximately 8-9 miles per hour from t-bones bar and grill. Vessel 1 and vessel 2 collided resulting in damage to both vessel's rear port side.  The water temperature was 85 degrees with an air temperature of 83 degrees.
  
  The operator of vessel 2 stated he saw an amber light approaching straight toward them.  The amber light appeared to not shift its course, so he turned to the starboard side at the last moment to avoid a collision.  The operator of vessel 1 stated by the time she saw the other vessel, it was too close.  She immediately turned the vessel to the starboard side.  Both operators operated correctly to the rules of the road by turning to the starboard side to avoid a collision.  However, both operators due to not having a proper lookout saw the vessels too late and collided. 
       
  Vessel 1 had damage to the rear port side underneath the water line.  Damage included a long horizontal gouge in the fiberglass.  The damaged fiberglass is approximately three feet long and the scuff marks above the damaged fiberglass fades towards the end of the stern.  Vessel 2 has scuff marks on the chrome rub rail.  The scuff marks on the rub rail indicate paint transferred from vessel 1's hull.  The fractured fiberglass and chipped white paint were caused by impact from vessel 1's rear port side.   Hair line cracks in paint can be visible at the stern near the port side eye ring.  The most noticeable impact was toward the end of the rear port side on the gunwale.  Damage to vessel 2 was approximately fifteen inches long.
  
  Operator of vessel 1 was charged with operating a motorboat between sunset and sunrise without exhibiting proper navigation lights. Gs 75a-6.
  
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