TWO SEPARATE VESSEL'S WERE FOUND RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WAKE DAMAGE INCURRED TO VESSEL 2 FOR THIS REASON.  TWO VESSEL1'S ARE IDENTIFIED IN THIS REPORT ON DECEMBER 4, 2023, V1 WAS FOLLOWING CLOSE BEHIND V2 SOUTH BOUNE IN THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY IN MADEIRA BEACH NEAR CHANNEL MARKER 13.  AS THE VESSELS PROCEEDED SOUTHBOUNT AND APPROCHED THE WELCH CAUSEWAY, THEY VIOLATED THE RESTRICTED AREA SLOW SPEED MINIMUM WAKE ZONE PRECEDING THE BRIDGE.  THE WAKE PRODUCED BY BOTH VESSELS CAUSED DAMAGE TO VESSEL 3, WHICH WAS DOCKED NEAR THE CAUSEWAY. VESSEL 3 HAD APPROXIMATELY 3500 DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE TO THE SWIM PLATFORM AND BOARDING LADDER TO THE VESSEL.  THE INCIDENT WAS WITNESSED BY AN INDEPENDENT 3rd PARTY WITNESS WHO CONFIRMED BOTH VESSEL WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAMAGE.  THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES.
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