V1 WAS NOT UNDER SAIL, BUT WAS HAVING ENGINE PROBLEMS WHILE UNDERWAY IN THE MARCO RIVER. V1 BEGAN TO DRIFT TOWARDS THE NORTH SIDE OF THE MARCO RIVER. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO GET THE ENGINE RUNNING WERE MADE, AND FINALLY V1 OPERATOR WAS ABLE TO SECURE HIS VESSEL TO A PRIVATE DOCK IN THE RIVER UNTIL HE COULD GET IT OPERATIONAL AGAIN. ONCE THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING, HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNTIE HIS VESSEL FROM THE DOCK AND ACCIDENTALLY HIT HIS THROTTLE. HE WAS HANGING ONTO THE DOCK LINE AND ENDED UP GETTING HIS LEFT HAND CAUGHT IN THE LINE AS HE THROTTLED UP. THE LINE WRAPPED AROUND HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING A SEVERE LACERATION. ONCE HE FREED HIMSELF FROM THE DOCK TO GET UNDERWAY, THE ENGINE BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE AND THROTTLED UP AGAIN. V1 STRUCK THE DOCK CAUSING DAMAGE TO IT.
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