ON JULY 29, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 HOURS, AT THE BOAT RAMP AT THE BEATTYS FORD ACCESS AREA TWO BOATS COLLIDED. 

VESSEL 1 OPERATED BY V1 OPERATOR WAS UNLOADING HIS VESSEL WHEN IT MADE CONTACT WITH VESSEL 2 BELONGING TO V2 OPERATOR WHILE DOCKED AT THE ACCESS AREA.  V1 OPERATOR UNLOADED HIS VESSEL NEXT TO V2 OPERATOR'S VESSEL AND MADE CONTACT IN SEVERAL AREAS WITH V2 OPERATOR'S VESSEL CAUSING PAINT DAMAGE AND GOUGES TO THE ALUMINUM AND THE “EXCEL” LOGO. THE DAMAGE TO THE VESSEL IS GREATER THAN $2,000. THE CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR, GOOD VISIBILITY, WINDS WERE CALM.  DUE TO TIME OF DAY AND TIME OF YEAR, THE WAVE CONDITIONS WERE CHOPPY. 

THE ACCESS AREA WAS CONGESTED DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF BOAT TRAFFIC COMING IN AND OUT OF THE ACCESS AREA. 

ALCOHOL WAS NOT A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THIS INCIDENT AND NO INVOLVED PARTIES WERE INJURED. PFDS WERE AVAILABLE ONBOARD BOTH VESSELS, NONE WERE USED.


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LAKE NORMAN
DENVER                        