V2 IS A COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSEL THAT IS KEPT DOCKED AT THE DOCKSIDE MARINA, NEXT TO THE DINGHY DOCKS. V1 WAS TIED TO THE DINGHY DOCKS. APPROXIMATELY 23:00, V1 OPERATOR PROCEEDED TO GO TO HIS SAILBOAT ANCHORED ON BOOT KEY HARBOR VIA THE USE OF V1. ACCORDING TO V1 OPERATOR, V1 ACCELERATED INEXPLICABLY AND IN THE PROCESS STRUCK V2 ON THE FORWARD STARBOARD SIDE. V1 OPERATOR AND THE CAPTAIN OF V2 EXCHANGED WORDS ABOUT THE ACCIDENT, THEN THE V1 OPERATOR LEFT THE SCENE. THE NEXT MORNING, V1 OPERATOR RETURNED AND TOLD THE CAPTAIN OF V2 THAT HE WOULD PAY FOR ALL DAMAGES. V1 OPERATOR STATED THAT HE HAD A FEW DRINKS, BUT WAS NOT UNDER THE INFLUENCE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. HE STATED THAT THE THROTTLE MALFUNCTIONED.
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