RedactedNarrative: On 03/18/2018 at around 07:00 there were multiple boats blasting off for a bass tournament from Barton Springs Boat Ramp on Normandy lake.  Operator1 was operating his father''s Phoenix bass boat and was going towards the dam.  Operator2 was operating his Javelin bass boat and was going towards Riley Creek.  Shortly after blast off these two boats collided just around the bend of the peninsula that is on the left side as you leave the no wake zone at Barton Springs.  Based on operator and occupant statements it seems that both vessels left the no wake zone headed in the same direction at around 50mph.   
  
  Operator2''s boat was on the left and Operator1'' boat was on the right. Operator2 and his wife both stated that they did not know how the boats hit each other and didn''t see the other boat until just before the collision.  Operator1 and his passenger both said that the other boat was operating between their boat and the bank on their left side and turned towards them.  Operator1'' passenger stated that he saw Operator2''s boat headed towards them and alerted Operator1 when the boat was around 50-60ft away.  Operator1 let off of the gas and turned to his right to try and avoid a collision.  The right side of Operator2''s boat and the left side of Operator1'' boat hit each other.  After the accident the two boats made contact with each other and looked for damage.  They told me that they did not think that the damage was very bad and both boats went on and fished the tournament and contacted TWRA after the tournament.  I was finally contacted at around 16:00 and arrived at the boat ramp at around 17:00.  
  
  Operator2''s boat did not have any visible damage that I could determine was from the accident that day although there were some marks/scratches on the plastic rubrail on the right side of the boat that could have been from the accident.  Operator2''s vessel had a lot of knicks and scratches all over the boat from use in the past.  Operator1'' boat had a couple cracks around 2-3 ft long in the fiberglass as well as spiderweb cracks in the clear coat.  Based on what I could tell from the evidence on the 2 boats, it appears that the rubrail of Operator2''s boat connected with Operator1'' boat about 1.5-2 ft below its rubrail.  There was some plastic transfer left at that location on Operator1'' boat near the middle of the boat when looking at its left side.  There was a crack that seemed to go through the fiberglass for a couple of inches at that location.  There was a longer crack just above the rubrail on Operator1'' boat.  The crack above the rubrail seemed to be a result of the impact lower on the hull rather than from a direct impact with Operator2''s boat.  There were also some other scratches on the underside of the hull of Operator1'' boat towards the back of the boat.
  
  Another fisherman was operating his boat behind Operator2''s boat.This fisherman said that he was following behind Operator2''s Javelin and was operating in the calm area of its wake.  He saw Operator1 driving about 100 yards to the right and start to curve to the left towards the dam like he was going to go in front of Operator2.  He saw the two boats slow down, swerve and stop.  He did not realize that they had actually hit but thought that they had narrowly avoided collision and he went on to fish.
  
  Based on the evidence that I saw and interviews/statements of the operators and witnesses, I believe that the accident was caused by both of the operators failing to keep a proper lookout.  I believe that both boats were operating on a similar path and speed when they left the no wake zone, with Operator2 on the left and Operator1 on the right with about 100 yards between them.  Operator2 was going towards Riley Creek and Operator1 was going towards the dam.  Because of their positioning and their destina...
  