On 03/01/23 around 1:15pm, vessel 1 was being operated by v1 operator and vessel 2 was being operated by v2 operator. The 2 vessels were operating in the back of mccrary creek on lake norman approximately 1.2 miles east of marker mc1 and approximately 250 yards south of the end of little acorn lane. 

V2 was drifting with the wind in a southern direction while trolling for fish.  V1 accelerated from a stationary position to a speed of 15-20mph heading in a western direction towards v2.  Once v1 was leveled out and was on plane, the operator realized he was about to strike v2 at the port (left) side at the midpoint from a perpendicular angle.  The operator of v1 turned hard right in an avoidance maneuver but the port (left) side of the vessel and motor propeller of v1 struck the port (left) side of v2. 

V1 sustained deep fiberglass gashes to the bottom port (left) side of the hull, appreciable scuff marks on the outboard engine's forward portion of the torpedo, and abrasions to the tips of the 4-blade propeller.  

V2 sustained crushing damage along the port (left) side of the vessel, multiple vertical elongated cuts into the outer side wall of the port (left) side hull, damaged fishing rod holders along the port (left) side gunwale, and damages to a 6 fishing rod holder mounted to the stern (back) of the vessel.  In addition to the damage, v2 sustained 9 fishing rods were damaged or lost into the lake from v2.  Neither operator nor occupant received any emergency medical treatment.


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LAKE NORMAN
MOORESVILLE                   