RedactedNarrative: On June 18, 2021, a 36' Sportfisher collided with an anchored vessel that had seven people onboard. The people onboard the 26' open motorboat tried to get the attention of the Sportfisher, but was unsuccessful. Six of the seven people on the 26' vessel abandoned the vessel before impact. Weather conditions were clear with overcast skies.
  I asked the operator and owner of V1 what had happened and if they would provide me a written statement of what happened. Both OP1 and WITNESS 1 agreed to provide me a written statement. I approached the occupants of V2 and gathered their information. All six of the occupants were out of South Carolina. I asked WITNESS 2 if they would provide me a written statement. They both agreed on providing a statement.
  
  OP1’s statement contained the following:
  
  •	Left Diversified after fueling up and started their way to the Keys.
  •	Autopilot was on and was traveling about 18 mph.
  •	Would look ahead and then was putting things away.
  •	Made a big mistake.
  
  WITNESS 1 statement stated that “he heard a crash and looked up”.
  
  WITNESS 2’s statement contained the following:
  
  •	Heard her son yell “get up get to the back of the boat!”.
  •	Stood up and started to wave her arms and yelling “HEY HEY!” in attempt to get the other vessel’s attention.
  •	Never saw a driver.
  •	Heard from someone onboard to “Jump”. Everyone else onboard except her jumped overboard.
  •	Was on the front left side of the boat and went over the front of the boat.
  •	Yelled at the people in the water to swim back to the boat.
  •	The captain called Mayday over VHF.
  •	The blue boat that hit them stated they “had no stirring [sic]” but had to no problem getting back to the Coast Guard station.
  •	Had been anchored and fishing in that spot for 45 min.
  
  Operator 2’S statement contained the following:
  
  •	“Anchored five miles west of Big Carlos Pass a GH Tug when a boat heading towards us made no attempt to change coarse [sic]”.
  •	Yelled and waved to get their attention with no success.
  •	Never saw anyone at the wheel of the boat.
  •	Six jumped of the rear of my boat seconds before the collision.
  •	All six swam back to the boat.
  •	“The other boat claimed their steering was messed up but they drove back to check on us just fine”.
  •	“These people made no attempt [sic] to avoid [sic] the acciedent [sic]”.
  •	“The collision was broadside front left of the boat, their boat was driving extremly [sic] fast with no faces at the wheel”.
  