ON MAY 4, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 1500, THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL ONE AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE TRAVELING EAST/SOUTHEAST ON LAKE GASTON NEAR MILE MARKER THREE.  VESSEL TWO WAS TRAVELING NORTHWEST IN THE SAME VICINITY AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME.  BOTH VESSELS WERE TRAVELING 30-40 MPH. BOTH OPERATORS STATED THEY DIDN'T SEE EACH OTHER UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE.  VESSEL ONE'S BOW STRUCK VESSEL TWO PORT SIDE NEAR THE PASSENGER SEAT.  BOTH BOATS WERE MOMENTARILY INOPERABLE.  EVENTUALLY VESSEL ONE DROVE TO HENRICO BOATING ACCESS AREA WHILE VESSEL TWO WAS TOWED TO HENRICO ACCESS AREA.  VESSEL ONE SUFFERED DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE VESSEL AND THE MOTOR COVER.  VESSEL TWO SUFFERED DAMAGE TO THE PORTSIDE, STERN SEAT, OUTBOARD ENGINE, JACK PLATE, AND TROLLING MOTOR.  NO MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS SOUGHT AFTER BY OPERATORS OR OCCUPANTS.  ALTHOUGH, THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL TWO REPORTRED MINOR INJURIES TO HIS LEFT KNEE AND LEFT ELBOW BUT DECLINED MEDICAL TREAMENT.


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LAKE GASTON
HENRICO                       