Operator 1 operates vessel 1 using the remote control for the 58' motor yacht. Operator 1 backs vessel 1 out of launch. Operator 1 notices vessel is not operating correctly and flips the remote hanging around his neck. Operator 1 continues to operate vessel 1 using remote. Vessel 1 stops in the channel changes gears and proceeds forward. The bow and anchor of vessel 1 engages the railing of vessel 2 which was tied to the dock at the marina. Vessel 1 continues forward pulling the stainless steel railings from vessel 2, railing goes across the front windshield and tears into the windshield fabric cover. Approximately, 50' linear feet of railing torn from deck of vessel 2, then vessel 1 disengages from vessel. Operator 1, still utilizing the remote control, spins vessel 1 in the channel. Vessel 1 proceeds forward hitting piling 1, then hits vessel 2 on the port side aft of vessel 3. Vessel 3 was in a slip and unoccupied. Vessel 1 traveling at speeds less than 10 mph. Vessel 1 proceeds forward hitting and breaking piling 2 in half. Vessel 1 continues into the next slips and engages vessel 4 which is in a slip and unoccupied. Vessel 1 hits and damages stanchion, shroud, rigging and mast on sailboat which is vessel 4. Vessel 1 cames to rest and is secured in slip adjacent to slip with vessel 4. Marina later discovered that the propellers were installed backwards on vessel 1.
Essex                         