On July 21, 2013, I received a phone call at 09:30MST from the Nation Park Service dispatch about a houseboat that struck another houseboat in Bullfrog Marina. I responded down to "G" dock where I met up with the operator of the houseboat Funky Bandit. 

Talking with Operator1 he explained that he was backing out his houseboat from the slip on "G" dock, when he lost power on his port engine. He then began to drift backwards towards a houseboat named Dream Haven. At that time the wind picked up and blew the houseboat, Funky Bandit, into the slide mounted on the back deck of Dream Haven. The slide was then ripped of its brackets and fell into the water. During this time Executive services witness the accident and contacted the NPS dispatch. Dream Haven was unoccupied at the time of the accident. The owner of Dream Have would be contacted later by me and notified of the accident. 

In looking over the damage to the Funky Bandit I found only the canvas to be torn on the rear port side hand rail. On the Dream Haven I noted that the slide was missing. Taking a closer look I saw the mounting plate/support post for the slide had all the screws missing. I also found that the mounting bracket for the slide on the top deck to be broken off. I did note that there were fresh scratches along the hand rail post next to the slide on the upper deck. 

In summary I found Operator1 to be at fault for the accident that took place. The accident resulted in minor damage to the houseboat Dream Haven and Funky Bandit.
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