RedactedNarrative: VESSEL 1, A RENTED 2001 WELLCRAFT, WAS BEING OPERATED BY OPERATOR1 ON LAKE HAVASU IN THE AREA OF COPPER CANYON.  VESSEL 1 WAS TOWING A TUBE WITH TWO OCCUPANTS ON SAID TUBE.  WHILE TOWING, OPERATOR1 WAS MAKING SHARP TURNS, IN AN ATTEMPT TO "WHIP" THE TUBE.  OPERATOR1 ADVISED THAT HE WAS TRAVELING BETWEENT 15 AND 20 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THE TUBE CAME ALONGSIDE OF THE BOAT'S STARBOARD SIDE.  ONE OF THE SUBJECTS ON THE TUBE JUMPED OFF BECAUSE HE WAS SCARED THAT HE WAS GOING TO HIT THE BOAT.  THE SECOND SUBJECT ON THE TUBE, VICTIM1, STAYED ON THE TUBE.  DURING THE TURN, THE TUBE WITH VICTIM1 ON BOARD, STRUCK THE BOAT'S STARBOARDSIDE, CAUSING VICTIM1 TO HIT THE BOAT AS WELL.  VICTIM1 THEN WENT UNDER THE BOAT, AND RESURFACED BEHIND THE BOAT.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 SAID THAT HE SHUT THE MOTOR OFF PRIOR TO VICTIM1 GOIN UNDER THE BOAT.  
  
  THE ROPE THAT WAS BEING USED TO TOW THE TUBE WAS A DOCK TYPE LINE THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET LONG.  THE ROPE WAS NOT MEANT FOR TOWING.  THE OPERATOR ADVISED THAT HE THOUGHT THE INCIDENT OCCURRED DUE TO THE ROPE BEING TO SHORT.  
  
  VICTIM1 SUSTAINED A HEAD INJURY, AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO LAND BY VESSEL 1.  HE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO HAVASU REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER BY AMBULANCE, WITH A MINOR HEAD INJURY.
  