V1 WAS OPERATING VESSEL ONE ON MAY 13, 2011 AROUND 5:00PM.  VESSEL ONE WAS ENTERING PELITER CREEK, MOREHEAD CITY, NC TO DOCK AT GILIKIN BOAT BASIN.  VESSEL ONE PULLED PAST HIS BOAT SLIP AT SPEEDS LESS THAN 10 MPH SO HE COULD BACK INTO THE SLIP.  WHEN VESSEL ONE TRIED TO PUT IT'S ENGINES INTO REVERSE WHEN THE PIN CONNECTING THE CONTROL CABLE TO THE TRANSMISSION CAME LOSE.  VESSEL ONE WAS UNABLE TO STOP HIS FORWARD MOTION AND COLLIDED INTO THE PORT SIDE OF VESSEL TWO WHICH WAS DOCKED TWO SLIPS FROM VESSEL ONE'S SLIP.
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