According to the Captain of V2,  V2 was docked at Palm bay marina. V1 was undocking from the palm bay marina. The operator of V1 did not take the weather conditions into consideration while leaving the dock. The winds were blowing from southeast. As V1 was leaving the channel the weather could have played a factor in causing V1 to strike the port side hull of V2. The Captain of V2 was inside his vessel's kitchen when this happened. He said that when he looked out of the port side window he saw V1 a few inches away from his vessel and felt his vessel roll from side to side. He said he heard a loud cracking sound as V1 passed his vessel. The dock master of Palm Bay marina said he saw V1 plowing through the marina. Although he did not see V1 strike V2, he did see V2 get rocked by V1's large wake. The damage on V2 is consistent with the descriptions provided by the Captain of V2. The damage is a scratch along the port side hull. There is no damage on V1. The owner/operator of V1 said he did not strike V2.
MIAMI                         