OPERATOR STATED AS HE WAS APPROACHING HIS RENTED SLIP AT IDLE SPEED, OTHER PASSENGER ON BOARD WAS STANDING AT THE BOW TO ASSIST DOCKING THE VESSEL. THE ENGINE DIED ABOUT 6-8 FEET AWAY FROM THE SLIP. OPERATOR SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL AND RAISED THE THROTTLE SLIGHTLY TO RESTART THE ENGINE.  WHEN IT STARTED  AGAIN, IT WAS RAISED IT WAS ENGAGAED IN FORWARD GEAR. OPERATOR STATES THAT HE IMMEDIATELY SHIFTED INTO REVERSE GEAR BUT THE GEAR CABLE HAD BROKEN, AND THE VESSEL LUNGED FOWRD AND SLAMMED INTO THE LOVWR UNIT OF VESSEL TWO'S ENGINE.
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