RedactedNarrative: On 07/28/2016, around 14:45, two vessels collided on Lake Norman near the Blue Parrot Marina.  The collision cracked the port hull of vessel 1 and bent the port pontoon of vessel 2 causing an approximate total amount of damage of $8,000.   
  
  Operator1 had just left the dock of the Blue Parrot Marina and had dropped a buoy in the water.  She had one passenger on her vessel at the time.  While drifting off the marina, Operator2 and his wife had picked up her buoy from the water and started to head towards vessel1 to give it back to her.  
  
  His vessel, vessel 2 was headed towards vessel 1.  Vessel 2's bow was headed towards the port side of vessel one.   Operator2 stated that he approached slowly and put his vessel into neutral.  He then walked to the bow of his vessel, leaving the controls to hand the buoy to occupant who was on the bow of vessel 1.  Vessel 2 was drifting into the port side of vessel 1.  
  
  As vessel 2 made its approach, Operator1 became alarmed because no one was at the controls of vessel 2.  She stated that she believed that vessel 2 was going to hit her port side.  In order to avoid the collision, Operator1 put her boat into forward gear.  Based on the damage to the two vessels, Operator1 had to have turned her vessel to the starboard slightly during her attempt to avoid the collision.   This caused her port stern to push into the port pontoon of vessel 2.  This movement caused vessel 1's port hull to collide with the pontoon of vessel 2 with a significant amount of force.   It bent the front of the port pontoon on vessel 2 and cracked the hull of vessel 1 on the port side above the water line.  Vessel 2 was on a collision course with vessel 1.  Operator1' efforts to get out of the way made the damage worse.  The forward movement of vessel pushed the port stern of vessel 1 into vessel 2 with great force.  
  
   At the time of the incident, the wind was blowing around 14 mph and the water was rough, making maneuvering the vessels more challenging.  No one was hurt in this incident.  V2 occupant was knocked down, but stated that she was ok.  Both operators stated that they have over 100 hours of boating experience.  Neither have had a formal boater safety course.   Both vessels had all necessary safety items on board.   Alcohol and drugs did not play a factor in this incident.
  
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