RedactedNarrative: Vessel One (V1) towing tandem skiers on float tubes, was making way in a clockwise motion around Lake Mystic. Estimated speed was approximately 25 - 35 MPH. 
  
  V1 approached the East side of the lake in proximity to several fixed and floating docks along the shoreline. As V1 made slight course alteration the boat crossed several wakes emanating from other watercraft operating on the lake at the time. 
  
  V1 also had the engine trimmed in such a fashion that propeller ventilation was occurring and the subsequent wake crossing lifted the stern of the boat. 
  
  The loss of propulsion and steering caused V1 to track closer to the shoreline than anticipated, and as the operator became aware of the impending collision immediately shifted the throttle into neutral. The resulting action caused the towed floating tubes to swing into the dock alongside the shoreline. 
  
  One of the riders was able to jump from the tube prior to impact, however, the victim remained with his tube and struck the dock. 
  
  The assessment provided by hospital staff diagnosed the towed skier with bruised ribs and blunt force trauma to his right upper torso. He was monitored and scanned for internal injuries, remaining at the hospital until late in the evening.
  
  He initially vomited and spit up blood. EMS was summoned and he was flown to Bay Medical Sacred Heart Hospital in Panama City, FL. Upon completion of screening and medical diagnosis, he was released from the Emergency Room.
  