RedactedNarrative: Vessel 1 had 4 additional passengers, only one of which was wearing a PFD because he was under the age of 17. Vessel 1 did not have a type IV throwable and also had an unserviceable fire extinguisher. Vessel 2 had 2 additional passengers none of which were wearings PFD's. Neither occupants were wearing engine cutoff lanyards. Both vessels were equipped with remote steering. 
   
  Vessel 1 and vessel 2 were traveling west on Lake Arthur Lake. A pontoon boat was approaching head on to vessel 1 and 2. Vessel 2 separated from vessel 1 and passed to its respective left of the pontoon boat and vessel 1 passed to its respective right of the pontoon boat. After crossing the pontoon boat the operator of vessel 1 said he had an island of trees ahead of his vessel so vessel 1 started merging towards the middle of the lake from the north and the operator of vessel 2 said that there were two (2)jet skis heading east so vessel 2 started merging to the middle of the lake from the south. The two vessels then made contact with each other. The port rub rail on vessel 1 made contact with the starboard rub rail of vessel 2. Once contact was made the operators of both vessels made sharp turns in the opposite directions. Vessel 1 turned to starboard, vessel 2 turned to port causing its starboard stern to make contact with the port side of vessel 1. The impact caused cracks in the fiberglass on the port side and also under the vessel along the chine running laterally. It also punctured the port gunwale aft of the beam of vessel 1. Both vessels came to a stop and vessel 1 then began to take on water. The occupants of vessel 1 exited their vessel when it began to fill up with water and boarded another vessel that witnessed the incident. There were no injuries reported. I conducted field sobriety on the operators of both vessels and concluded that impairment was not a factor in the incident. 
  
  Citation was written to both operators for Careless Operation of a Motorboat
   