VESSEL 2 WAS COMING OUT OF THE COVE AT AROUND 4O MILES PER HOUR WHEN IT STUCK VESSEL 1. VESSEL 2 WAS THE GIVE-WAY VESSEL. VESSEL 1 WAS THE STAND-ON VESSEL. VESSEL 1 WAS COMING INTO THE COVE AT AROUND 5 MILES PER HOUR WITH THE BANK ON THE STARBOARD SIDE. VESSEL 1 TURNED SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID THE COLLISION. VESSEL 2 CONTINUED TO APPROACH VESSEL 1 AFTER HE TURNED TO THE RIGHT. VESSEL 1 TURNED BACK TO HIS LEFT TO AVOID VESSEL 2. VESSEL 2 IMPACTED VESSEL 1 ON THE STARBOARD SIDE OF THE STERN KNOCKING THE OPERATOR DOWN. THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 2 STATED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW HE HIT ANOTHER BOAT. HE SAID HE THOUGHT HE HIT A STUMP. VESSEL 2 HAD A CRACK IN THE FIBERGLASS IN FRONT OF THE CONSOLE. VESSEL 2 ALSO HAD SPIDERWEB CRACKING DOWN THE STARBOARD SIDE OF THE VESSEL AS WELL AS BUSTED FIBERGLASS BELOW THE WATER LINE. VESSEL 1 HAD DAMAGE TO THE STARBOARD REAR CORNER THAT BUSTED A HOLE IN THE FIBERGLASS.
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