RedactedNarrative: On september 5th, 2015 at approximately 8:30pm, a boating incident occurred on lake tillery between richland creek and piney point cove. Vessel 1 was an 18 foot pontoon boat with a 75 horsepower mercury outboard motor, owned and operated by subject. Vessel 2 was an 18.8 foot champion bass boat with a 200 horsepower yamaha outboard motor. Vessel 1 was coming from piney point cove and was heading toward richlands creek at the time of the incident. Vessel 2 was traveling south on lake tillery heading toward the hydro dam at the time of the incident.
  
  As vessel 1 was heading towards richlands creek vessel 2 was heading south on lake tillery towards the hydro dam. Vessel 1 estimated he was traveling under 10 miles per hours. At the time of the incident vessel 2 estimated he was traveling between 10- 20 miles per hour at the time of the incident. As vessel 1 was traveling across lake tillery, vessel 2 was traveling south, and when vessel 2 noticed vessel 1, vessel 2 slowed down and turned the vessel to the right as an attempt to avoid the collision. When vessel 2 turned to the right it glanced off the motor of vessel 1. The collision caused the motor cover of vessel 1 to break and the engine was unable to start back up. Vessel 2 ended up having scratches along the hull to the port side and about a 1 inch circle of the fiberglass was broken off the stern of vessel 2. Vessel 2 ended up towing vessel 1 back to their residence after the incident. Both vessels had all the required safety equipment and both vessels had proper navigational lights. No one was injured in this incident.
  
  It appears as though vessel 2 attempted to avoid a collision with vessel 1 by turning sharply to the right, vessel 2 ended up striking the motor of vessel 1. This incident may have been caused by the improper placement of vessel 1''s stern light. Even though vessel 1 had all the required navigation lights on the vessel and they all were working properly at the time of the incident, the stern light could have been improperly placed. By the stern light being improperly placed it may have not been visible 360 degrees. This could have been due to the top on vessel 1. Also this incident could have been due to the improper lookout and or the operator''s inattention of vessel 2. No one was charged as a result of this incident.
   
   