VESSEL #2 WAS AT ANCHOR ON BEAR ISLAND IN BOGUE INLET.  VESSEL #1 WAS TRYING TO ANCHOR/BEACH ON BEAR ISLAND NEAR VESSEL #2.  THE CURRENT WAS MOVING RATHER QUICKLY OUT OF THE INLET AS THE TIDE WAS CHANGING.  VESSEL #1 WAS TRYING TO ANCHOR/BEACH UP CURRENT FROM VESSEL #2.  VESSEL #1 DID NOT GET COMPLETELY SECURED TO THE SHORE AND CUT OFF ITS ENGINE.  AFTER CUTTING OFF ITS ENGINE, VESSEL #1 DRIFTED QUICKLY WITH CURRENT INTO VESSEL #2.  VESSEL #1 STRUCK VESSEL #2 ON ITS STERN AND RAN ALONG ITS PORT SIDE.  THE ANCHOR FROM VESSEL #1, WHICH WAS HANDING FROM ITS HOLDING POSITION ON THE BOW, HOOKED ON TO THE HANDLE BAR OF THE CENTER CONSOLE OF VESSEL #2.  THIS RIPPED THE CENTER CONSOLE FROM THE DECK.  IT ALSO DISLODGED THE GAS TANK, CRACKED A SEAT COOLER, BROKE THE CENTER CONSOLE WINDSHIELD, AND LEFT HOLES IN THE DECK OF VESSEL #2.  NO ONE WAS HURT.  NO ONE WAS ABOARD VESSEL #2. Operator1 QUICKLY STARTED HIS VESSEL AFTER THE COLLISION AND RETURNED TO THE AREA.  NO ALCOHOL WAS INVOLVED.  NO CHARGES WERE FILLED.
EMERALD ISLE                  