VESSEL 1, A CHARTERED FISHING BOAT WAS OPERATED BY subject 1 AND HEADED IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION TOWARDS BUOY#3 IN PT. JUDITH POND.  AT THE BUOY,  subject 1 STEERED TO TURN SOUTH INTO THE CHANNEL TO EXIT THE POND BUT THE VESSEL WAS  NOT RESPONDING.   subject 1 REPORTED THAT THE VESSEL'S BOW THEN STARTED TO GROUND ONTO THE SANDBAR.    subject 1 THEN STATED THAT HE PUT THE VESSEL INTO REVERSE AND PULLED AWAY FROM THE SANDBAR.  AS THE VESSEL BACKED AWAY IT PROCEEDED TOWARDS LITTLE COMFORT ISLAND.  VERSSEL 1 THEN MADE CONTACT WITH VESSEL 2 WHICH WAS SECURED TO A PRIVATE DOCK ON LITTLE COMFORT ISLAND.  VESSEL 2 WAS PUSHED INTO THE FINGER DOCK IT WAS SECURED TO.  VESSEL 1 THEN PULLED AWAY FROM VESSEL 2 AND RETURNED TO GALILEE.

VESSEL 2 SUSTAINED MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE PORT SIDE FROM CONTACT WITH VESSEL 1 AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE STARBOARD SIDE AFT QUARTER FROM CONTACT WITH THE DOCK.

VESSEL 1 SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE UPPER CORNER OF THE STARBOARD SDIE OF THE TRANSOM AT THE RUBRAIL. 

THE FINGER DOCK ALSO HAD DAMAGE FROM THE COLLISION.
NARRAGANSETT                  