RedactedNarrative: Vessel #1 (V1) – 2017, 35’ Seawolf 33 LC Aluminum Cabin Motorboat w/2 Yamaha Outboard Engines – HP Unknown
  
  Vessel #2 (V2) – 1970, 30’ 6” Tolly Fisher Fiberglass Cabin Motorboat w/1 Volvo Diesel Sterndrive Engine – 110 HP
  
  On 05/23/2019, at about 08:00 a.m., these two vessels were operating in the area of the San Juan Islands/Rosario Straits, located near Colville, WA in San Juan County.
  
  V1 was cruising at the above location.  He and his two occupants had been fishing.  According to Operator1, he was running due East at less than 15 knots when he struck a vessel (V2) off his port bow.  The impact caused major damage to V2’s starboard bow and deck area.
  
  V2 was drifting at the above location.  He and his three occupants had also been fishing about ¼ mile South of Colville Island.  According to Operator2, he had just set a shrimp pot on deck when one of his passengers yelled “I think that boat is going to hit us.”  Operator2 looked up and out the front windshield of the vessel.  V1 was approaching and quickly closing in, travelling at a high rate of speed, at least 20 mph.
  
  Operator2 and two of the occupants on deck noted that nobody was at the helm station on the approaching vessel (V1) with only one person visible on the vessel with their back toward V2. V1 hit the bow of V2 sliding across the foredeck, crushing it down on the third occupant who was in the bunk below.  V1 then slid up on top of the hardtop crushing the radar dome damaging the hardtop and aluminum widow frames.   
  
  At this time V2’s forward deck went under water, taking on water through the hole in the fiberglass deck and the smashed hatch cover.  Then V1 slid back off of V2 causing its bow to return back to the surface.  Operator2 immediately assessed the damages and injuries and proceeded into Anacortes for medical attention.  
  
  Operator1 and Operator2 exchanged information on site before Operator2 started back to Anacortes.
  
  V1 - 0 Injuries / 0 Fatalities / V2 – 2 Injuries / 0 Fatalities
  No Apparent Alcohol or Drug Involvement 
  Both Vessels Reported as a “Total Loss” – Estimated Values - V1 - $2,000 / V2 – $70,000
  Neither Operator was Wearing a PFD
  V1 Operator Had a Mandatory Boater Education Card / V2 Operator Did Not Have a Mandatory Boater Education Card – Age Exempt 
  
  NOTE:  
  The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office indicated in an e-mail dated 05/30/2019, that “We are planning to cite Operator1 with negligent boating.”
  