RedactedNarrative: On Sunday January 15, 2016, at around 7:30 am, I responded to a boating accident with minor injuries. The accident occurred on Lake Shipp in Winter Haven involving two vessels during a bass fishing tournament.
  
  V2 operator of the Pathfinder at the time of the accident, advised that he and his fishing partner were on Lake Shipp competing in a bass fishing tournament at around 6:50 a.m.  He stated that they were idling and waiting for their boat number to be called, when the Javelin was called for departure.  He stated that the operator of the Javelin never saw them as he accelerated in their direction.  He stated that he and his partner could see the Javelin coming, but did not have time to react and get out of the way.  He stated that the Javelin struck his Pathfinder on its starboard side near the stern and came to rest across the deck between the seat (leaning post) and the outboard motor.  Operator2 stated that he immediately shut down his motor and checked to see if his partner was okay and that multiple boats came to assist them as his Pathfinder was beginning to sink.  They proceeded to separate the Javelin from the Pathfinder and tow them to shore. 
  
   V1 operator of the Javelin at the time of the accident advised that the accident occurred while he was fishing in a tournament.  As the tournament was starting, his number was called for departure, but he had to wait because his boat motor was fouled with grass.  He stated that he eventually took off and struck the Pathfinder about 50 to 100 yards out.  He stated that the Pathfinder was in a path beyond the call boat, and when he took off, he did not see a boat.  He stated that he felt the path out into the lake was clear.
  