RedactedNarrative: On 6/21/16, I was notified of a sailboat accident that occurred on Carlyle Lake on 6/19/16.  I contacted the boat operators and determined that the incident was between two sailboats. 
  
   Operator2 was sailing on a close hauled port tack that hit Operator1 sailing on Starboard tack also close hauled. Close hauled mean that both boat were sailing as close to the wind direction possible typically 45 to 48 degrees from the wind direction. As the boats approached on opposite tacks, Operator1 and his son called out to Operator2 to inform that they were on starboard tack.  Operator2 did not respond to the hails.  
  
  Operator2 attempted to steer the boat down instead of tacking.  Operator2''s bow hit Operator1''s hull on the its port midships at the deck combing nearly straight on. Damage to Operator1''s vessel is to both the fiberglass deck and hull. Operator2''s did not sustain any damage during the collision.  No injuries were sustained during the accident and no enforcement action was taken.