ON MAY 24, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 6:45PM THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 WAS TRAVELING AT IDLE SPEED TOWARDS AN OPEN DOCKING BAY.  DUE TO INEXPERIENCE OF OPERATOR #1 HE TURNED OFF HIS MOTOR SEVERAL FEET BEFORE ENTERING THE DOCKING BAY.  A LIGHT WIND FROM THE EAST CAUSED VESSEL #1'S STERN TO SWING AROUND AND MAKE CONTACT WITH THE ANCHOR OF VESSEL #2 WHICH WAS DOCKED WITH THE BOW FACING OUT.  THE ANCHOR OF VESSEL #2 MADE CONTACT WITH THE WINDSHIELD OF VESSEL #1.  VESSEL #1 OPERATOR PUT THE VESSEL IN REVERSE WHICH CAUSED THE WINDSHIELD OF VESSEL #1 TO RIP OFF.  VESSEL #1 THEN COLLIDED WITH VESSEL #3 WHICH WAS ALSO DOCKED WITH THE BOW FACING OUTWARD AND TO THE LEFT OF VESSEL #2.  VESSEL #1 THEN LEFT THE SCENE WITHOUT GIVING ANY INFORMATION TO THE OWNERS OF VESSEL #2 OR VESSEL #3.

VESSEL #1 HAD JUST RECEIVED A CITATION FROM CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT WATER PATROL FOR INSUFFICIENT NUMBER OF PFD'S.  VESSEL #2 AND VESSEL #3 HAD NO ONE ON BOARD, BUT DID PASS THE SAFETY INSPECTION.  THE OWNER OF VESSEL #1 STATED THAT HE HAD JUST PURCHASED THE BOAT DAYS BEFORE.  HE STATED THAT WHEN HE PUT THE BOAT IN REVERSE, (DURING THE COLLISION), THE MOTOR'S RPM WENT VERY HIGH.  VESSEL #1 OPERATOR STATED THAT HE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT HE HAD STRUCK A SECOND VESSEL.  RECEIVING INFORMATION FROM CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG'S CITATION, WILDLIFE OFFICERS FROM DISTRICT 7 WERE ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 WITHIN THE HOUR.  I CHARGED THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 FOR CARESLESS AND RECKLESS OPERATION OF A MOTORBOAT AND LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT WITHOUT LEAVING PERSONAL INFORMATION.
MECKLENBURG                   