RedactedNarrative: Based on witness statements, operator statements and damage assessment I determined that vessel 1 and vessel 2 were traveling in the same direction at the time of the collision. 
  
  Vessel 1 had initially passed vessel 2 going the opposite direction and turned toward the stern of vessel 2 as it turned around. 
  
  Vessel 1 was traveling at a higher rate of speed and began to overtake vessel 2 but struck the port side of vessel 2 causing the fiberglass to fracture and then compress and separate along the rubrail extending to the stern of vessel 2. The operator of vessel 1 was thrown from his vessel and suffered no injuries.