RedactedNarrative: VESSEL 1 WAS HEADING WEST (DOWNSTREAM) IN THE BLACK RIVER CANAL WHEN VESSEL 2 WAS HEADING EAST. AS VESSEL 2 APPROACHED VESSEL 1 UNDER THE CANAL GATE THE STRONG CURRENT CAUGHT THE BACK END OF VESSEL 1 AND PUSHED THE STERN OUT TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE CANAL. 
  
  BOTH VESSELS HAD NO TIME FOR A COUNTER MOVE TO AVOID CONTACT. AFTER CONTACT VESSEL 1 SPUN 180 DEGREES CATCHING THE PORT SIDE/BIMINI FRAME AGAINST THE CONCRETE GATE FOUNDATION. MINOR DAMAGE TO VESSEL 2 WHILE A GREATER AMOUNT OF DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO VESSEL 2.