On 03/16/2012 at approximately 11:30 p.m., I received a call from Houston communications that a sailboat had struck a sportfishing boat on the Kemah channel. A Seabrook Marina employee retrieved the operator's name and phone number and relayed it to me.  The operator of the sailboat was driving in the Kemah Channel at approximately 10:30 p.m. when he locked the steering wheel of his vessel in neutral to go to the bathroom in the cabin of the boat. When he became topside, he realized his bow was headed straight to a vessel at Galati Yacht Sales.  Operator1's boat chrome holding for a folding anchor pierced the Viking yacht docked at Galati.  I spoke with Operator1 the next day and he had infomed a saleperson at Galati Yacht Sales, of the incident.  I examined the damage to the Viking yacht and determined the repairs would be in excess of $2,000.00. Subjects were both informed to fill out and return to the department boat accident report forms. There were no reported injuries.
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