VESSEL 2 (V2) WAS HEADING WEST ALONG THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY (ICW). VESSEL 1 (V1) WAS HEADING WEST ALONG THE ICW BEHIND V2. V2 SLOWED DOWN TO IDLE SPEED AS IT NEARED THE WHARF MARINA. V1 SLOWED DOWN AND THE STARBOARD BOW OF V1 STRUCK V2 ON THE PORT SIDE NEAR THE STERN.

OPERATOR OF V2 STATED "THE DRIVER, SHE WAS OBVIOUSLY FASTER THAN I WAS. SHE TRIED TO OVERTAKE ME TO THE LEFT. JUST CUT ME OFF. SO THEN I CAME OUT OF THE THROTTLE AT THE NO WAKE ZONE. I''M JUST LOOKING FORWARD, AND I HEAR A SCREAM. I TURN AROUND AND LOOK TO MY LEFT AND HERE THEY ARE, THEY JUST RUN SLAM INTO THE BOAT."

OPERATOR OF V1 STATED "I WAS MOVING AND TURNING, MY HUSBAND TOLD ME "HEY SLOW DOWN" AND I TRIED. AND I DID. BUT THEN, IT WAS A LITTLE TOO CLOSE."
Intracoastal Waterway
Orange Beach                  