RedactedNarrative: Operator 1 Stated to the effect:  I was following behind them, he whipped the boat to the left so I went right, then he whipped boat back to the right. . . It was crazy I used the brakes on the ski and he still hit us.  We got knocked off the ski.
  
  Operator 2 stated to the effect:  My friends hat flew off so I started to turn around to go back.  They were following too close behind us.  I turned to my right, he hit us.    I saw the girls in the water screaming so we helped them on to the boat because they couldn't get back on the ski.
  
  Victim 1:  He hit us.  My leg hurts.  Now he left us here on the dock.  
  
  Investigation revealed:  V1 and V2 exited F-Cove and travelled through Gunner's Ditch and headed West in the Metedeconk River with V1 (a PWC) following in the wash of V2 (a Jet Boat).  V2 changed course abruptly for what the operator said was his friend's hat flying off.  As V2 changed course V1 adjusted his course to avoid collision.  V2 again adjusted course this time into a crossing situation with V1.  V1 was unable to stop or turn and struck the starboard side of V2.
  The interplay between the two vessels prior to the crash indicates that V1 was following too close behind V2 in order to ride in the smoother wash of the larger boat.  Operator 2 admitted that he did not see the PWC following him prior to changing course however felt that at the time of the impact that the PWC struck his vessel.  The pre crash actions of the two vessels were too unpredictable to apply any sort of right of way in this incident.  
  
  Damage to V1 consisted of crushed fiberglass on the bow and a broken port side mirror.   Damage to V2 consisted of a small area of cracked fiberglass on the Starboard side near the waterline and scratches where the mirror struck the side of the vessel.  The damage to the vessels and injury to left side of V1 indicate that both vessels were turning at the time of impact.  The larger jet boat V2 pushed the PWC with its momentum causing the PWC occupants to be knocked of the PWC.  
  
  The location of the damage at or below the waterline on V2 indicates the vessel was on plane at the time of impact, not merely idle speed as V2's operator indicated.  
  
  V2 rendered aid to the occupants that were in the water and the involved parties returned to the Breton Woods Homeowners Association Dock in Brick Twp where they eventually decided to contact the police and first aid.  This investigation was further hampered due to the fact that parties had removed their vessels and V2's occupants had left the area prior to my arrival.   Operator #2 was interviewed at Point Pleasant station on 7-2-16 and gave statements as to his recollection of the event.  He provided the names of the people who he stated were on his boat at the time of the crash.  
  