RedactedNarrative: THIS CRASH OCCURRED AS OPERATOR #1 WAS UPRIVER ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE WATERWAY.  OPERATOR #2 WAS TRAVELING DOWNRIVER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER.
  
    OPERATOR #1 TRAVELED THROUGH AN AREA APPROX. 80 FEET WIDE WITH LESS AREA TO SAFELY OPERATE THE VESSEL.  OPERATOR #2 CHOSE TO CROSS THE RIVER AND TRAVEL DOWN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE WATERWAY WHICH IS APPROX. 140 FEET WIDE.  OPERATOR #1 OBSERVED VESSEL #2 AND TURNED TO THE RIGHT.  
  
  OPERATORS BOTH PUT VESSELS INTO REVERSE, CAUSING A LOSS OF STEERING IN BOTH VESSELS.  AFTER THE VESSELS STRUCK, VESSEL #2 STRUCK THE RIP RAP/ROCKS ON THE EAST BANK.  NO INJURIES REPORTED.