RedactedNarrative: Operator #1 Stated in Effect:  I was traveling south on Lake Hopatcong near Elba Point when I was struck in the rear by the second vessel.  The impact disabled my vessel and I paddled same back to the dock at my residence.
  
  Operator #2 Stated in Effect:  I was traveling south on Lake Hopatcong behind the second vessel.  The vessel slowed abruptly, I did not have time to react, and I struck same in the rear.
  
  Investigation at Scene Revealed:  V1 and V2 were both traveling south on Lake Hopatcong near Elba Point in Hopatcong Boro approximately 100 feet from shore.  Operator #2 was traveling too closely to V1.  Subsequently, when V1 slowed down, V2 struck same in the rear starboard portion of the vessel causing damage to the outboard motor of V1 and also causing damage to the lower port side of the bow of V2.  No injuries were sustained as a result of the accident.
  
  Operator #1 had a NJ Boating Safety Certificate.
  Operator #2 did not possess a Boating Safety Certificate.
  