RedactedNarrative: On 7/22/22 at approximately 4:00pm, a boating incident occurred on lake norman.  The incident occurred approximately 400 yds from rio oro drive.  Vessel 1 is a wave operated by owner’s daughter.  Vessel 2 is a carolina skiff and is owned by someone other than the operator.
  
  Operator1 was with two other pwcs operating in knox creek cove.  At the time of the incident, they were heading towards holiday marina.  Operator2 launched vessel 2 from bluthe landing and planned to take the vessel back to its slip at crown harbor docks.  As operator2 was going to crown harbor, he decided to go by a friend's house in the knox creek cove before docking the vessel.  Operator1 was operating the pwc at approximately 50 mph but slowed down to approximately 30 mph before the incident occurred.  
  
  Operator1 did not see vessel 2 until the incident happened.  Right before the incident, operator1 looked over her shoulder to see which way her friends on one of the pwcs were going.  Operator2 observed the pwcs to his right rear before the incident and continued course at approximately 15mhph.  Operator2 was slightly turning left as he was nearing his friend's house.  Operator2 did not see that the pwc was on his rear port side until just before the incident.
  
  The initial point of contact was the starboard bow of vessel 1 and the port stern of vessel 2.  Vessel 1 then continued to turn into vessel 2, creating contact along the gunwale of both vessels.  After the initial contact, the starboard stern of vessel1 hit the port stern of vessel 2 causing damage to both vessels.  Vessel 1 rubbed along vessel 2 and operator1 was ejected from the pwc.  She landed on the padded bow of vessel 2 and rolled onto the floor of vessel 2.  
  
  Operator1 woke up and jumped out of vessel 2 and proceeded to get back onto vessel 1.  Operator1 expressed that she felt scared due to operator2' actions and got back onto the pwc.  
  
  Operator2 thought she was trying to flee and told her that they needed to exchange information.  Operator1 stayed with vessel 2 while her friends went to get her mother.  Mother then came out and exchanged information with operator2, after they made sure that no one was injured.  Operator1 did not go to a facility for medical attention, but a friend of the family that is a doctor monitored her for a concussion.  She was also sore and had bruising.
  
  The bottom hull of vessel 1 is cracked and the coating is broken off, exposing fiberglass.  The gunwale has blue markings from the bow near the registration numbers to the stern of the vessel.  Damage on vessel 2 indicates that the initial point of contact was directly underneath the gunwale on the port side in front of the stern.  As vessel 1 rubbed alongside vessel 2, it pushed up on the gunwale and created cracking in the gel coating.  There are also rub marks under the lip of the gunwale where vessel 1 rubbed alongside the vessel.  There are also surface level scratches and rubbings from the back rear on the left side below the gunwale that continue until the center of the boat.  No fiberglass is exposed.
  
  Operator1 was traveling faster than operator2 and was approaching operator2 on his port side making operator1 the give way vessel.  When turned to look over her left shoulder, she did not have a proper lookout and could not see operator2 until the collision happened.  In addition, operator2 did not have a proper lookout, as he did not see operator1 on his port side until the collision happened.  The sudden impact of the vessels caused operator1 to be ejected from the pwc onto operator2' vessel.  Both parties contributed and no one was charged as a result of this incident.
  
  