RedactedNarrative: DURING INCIDENT VESSEL 2 OPERATOR WAS HAVING PROBLEMS APPROACHING THE PATROL BOAT. VESSEL 2 OPERATOR HAD LIMITED PWC/BOATING EXPERIENCE AND NO VALID BOAT SAFETY CERTIFICATE AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT. VESSEL 1 OFFICER REACHED DOWN TO THE HANDLBAR AREA OF VESSEL 2 AND EITHER THE VESSEL 2 OPERATOR AND/OR VESSEL 1 OFFICER BUMPED THE THROTTLE OF THE PWC, CAUSING IT TO ACCELERATE, STRIKING VESSEL 1, THE PATROL BOAT, THEN STRIKE THE LEFT/PORT BOW AREA OF VESSEL 3. VESSEL 3 OPERATOR WAS ON THE IMPACTED PWC, HOLDING ON TO THE SIDE OF THE VESSEL 1 NEAR THE STERN FACING THE DIRECTION OF VESSEL.  VESSEL 1 CAME DOWN AND ACROSS THE PORT/LEFT SIDE OF VESSEL 3, STRIKING VESSEL 3 OPERATOR’S LEFT LEG AND LEAVING SCRATCHES ON THE VESSEL 3.