RedactedNarrative: On 07/21/2018 at approximately 1637 hours while on boat patrol on Smith Mountain Lake (SML) (within Franklin County) Conservation Police Sgt. and I, Conservation Police Officer (CPO) received a report of a boat accident with no injuries in the area of the Hales Ford Bridge near SML Water Marker R26. DGIF Dispatch said there was a pontoon boat and Pirate boat involved in the accident.   Subsequent to the investigation it was found that Operator1 was driving the Pirate boat south on SML near the Hales Ford Bridge when he observed people on the Virginia Dare Yacht Boat shooting water cannons and throwing water balloons from the top decks. Operator1 drove the vessel south on the west side of the Virginia Dare to get closer and was passing the port side of the Virginia Dare when he observed a pontoon boat traveling north west at a slow speed. 
  
  Operator1 put the trolling motor in reverse in an attempt to slow his vessel from colliding with the pontoon boat. A pvc pipe mounted to the bow of the pirate boat struck the front port side of the pontoon boat causing the exterior of the wall to be bent inward.  
  
  Operator2 said he drove his vessel north east towards the stern of the Virginia Dare at approximately 3 to 5 mph and was navigating through the boat traffic when he observed a pirate boat traveling south towards him at a slow speed. That is when the bow of the vessel struck the front port side of the pontoon boat. Operator2 said the fake cannon on the front of the pirate boat pushed the front port side of the exterior wall inward. Operator2 said the entire section of wall would need to be replaced costing approximately $2500.00.   Operator1 was issued a summons for failing to yield to a vessel when crossing.