RedactedNarrative: VESSEL 1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO BACK FROM A MOORED POSITION IN THE BRIDGEWATER CHANNEL NEAR SIGN 8 WHEN THE OPERATOR OBSERVED AN ONCOMING WATERCRAFT IN THE CHANNEL AREA. THE OPERATOR THEN IMMEDIATELY PLACED THE VESSEL FROM REVERSE TO FORWARD CAUSING THE OPERATOR TO THEN LOSE CONTROL AND ULTIMATELY CRASH INTO VESSEL TWO WHICH WAS PROPERLY MOORED NEAR SIGN 8.