RedactedNarrative: On Saturday October 28th around 12:30 I RFC received a call about a boating incident that happened earlier that morning on Lake Lanier. I was informed that two boats had hit each other during the "blast off" at a local fishing tournament. 
  
  Both vessels continued to fish and asked that I meet with them after the tournament at Laurel Park boat ramp. When I arrived at the boat ramp I met up with both operators of the vessels. Both recounted how neither one had seen the other and Operator1 stated he turned at the last second to avoid a catastrophe.
  
   I then took a look at the damage to both boats. Operator2's boat, a Ranger bass boat, had a 30 inch impact area on its starboard stern gunwale with deep cuts into the gel coat and fiberglass; while Operator1's vessel, a Stratos, had some transfer marks on his port hull near the stern. 
  
  Both men described going down the lake and negotiating a steep curve in the lake. Operator2 stated he believed he was doing around 60 mph, while Operator1 thought he was doing around 35 mph. When both men's boats ended up next to each other Operator1, thinking that a collision was imminent, made a sharp right hand turn and when he did the angle of his stern changed so much that both boat's sterns collided together. Both boats stopped and made sure everyone was alright, then continued fishing the tournament.
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