On listed date and time, V1 and V2 were in a slough on Lake Harding between Lee Rd 844 and Lee Rd 379. Driver of V1 stated that he was stationary and not under power when V2 came along side him. V2 made a port to port side approach while docking and the bow of V2 struck the stern of V1. 

The impact caused no visible damage to V2 other than some slight paint chipping. V1 had a large indentation to the metal paneling on the port stern railing and six smaller areas of damage that were secondary impacts.

Driver of V2 stated that he was stationary and not under power when he waved for V1 to come over to him. When V1 started a course towards his location, he briefly put his vessel into forward gear to align for a parallel port side dock. As soon as both vessels were lined up, he put it back into neutral. 

As V1 got closer to his vessel, it appeared that V1 was coming in to quickly for safe docking. That is when V2 was briefly put into the reverse gear and then back into neutral. As V1 came along side of V2, the operator and his passenger grabbed onto V1. As they were holding onto V1, a wave came under V2 and lifted the bow of the boat into the side of V1.

Lake Harding
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