RedactedNarrative: I asked V1 subject what had happened. She stated that they were just getting done eating, taking a small break, and they were just drifting when vessel 2 was headed their direction. She stated that they tried to get their attention, but that it was too late and the vessel hit them. They yelled, waved, jumped up and down to try to get their attention. I asked Operator1 if he happened to honk the horn, which he stated there just wasn't time. He stated they were about 50 feet away when they noticed that the vessel wasn't going to turn. He stated that he would have just put it in drive, but that they had a tube floating with three children on the tube, so they attempted to yell and get the attention of driver of the other vessel. They stated that they couldn't get their attention and it was too late, they couldn't get their attention and the vessel hit their vessel. 
  
  WITNESS STATEMENTS OF VESSEL 1
  
  Statement from Operator1: "My family and I were floating stationary with the motor off. We had our safety flag raised as we had 3 kids in the water on a tube. I was sitting in the drivers seat and happened to look to my right when I saw a boat heading straight towards us. They were approximately 20 yards away and headed toward our broadside. I immediately began waiving my arms and yelling. Everyone on the approaching boat were facing the skier including the young driver. They turned to see us only when it was too late. They hit us going approximately 20 miles per hour and were pulling a boarder/skier at the time of impact. The impact was significant enough to severely crack and puncture our hull and it shattered the glass on the drivers side. Impact was hard enough that it lodged their boat (the bow) up onto the windshield area of our boat. As such their boat was severely tilted to the rear and they began to take on water very quickly on it, it sunk."
  
  After talking to the occupants of vessel 1 I made contact with the driver of vessel 2 and his mom. I asked V2 subject what had happened when she stated that they were all looking at the person that was surfing and they didn't see anything. She stated by the time they noticed they had already hit the boat. When I asked operator2 what happened he stated that everyone in the boat was watching the surfer and he stated that he didn't see the boat and hit the boat.
  
  Statement from Operator2: "I was driving and looked back for a few seconds and did not see the boat in front of me. Going about 13 miles per hour and T-boned the other boat. Our boat had the back ballast filled and when our boat was up on the other boat the back started to fill with water. Until it was filled enough to sink the back and eventually the entire thing."
  
  ACCIDENT
  It was determined that those that were in vessel 2, the Moomba, were paying attention to the surfer because he was doing so well. Even the driver Operator2 was watching. During this time is when they collided with vessel 1, the Rinker, who was just drifting. The impact on the port side of the vessel caused the bow of vessel 2 to smash into the windshield and then got stuck on vessel 1. During this time is when the stern of vessel 2 was already weighted down due to the ballast tank that were filled for the effect of the wake. The stern of vessel 2 took on more water, which caused the vessel to get unstuck from vessel 1 swamped vessel 2 completely.
  