V1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO DOCK IN SLIP 6 LOCATED AT THE HOLIDAY INN IN INDIAN ROCKS BEACH.  THERE WERE VESSELS MOORED IN SLIPS 5 AND 7.  ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR OF V1, HE WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY PLACING THE VESSEL INSIDE SLIP 6 DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND TIDAL CURRENT.  AS THE STERN OF V1 BECAME EXTREMELY CLOSE TO THE VESSEL IN SLIP 5, THE OPERATOR OVER ACCELERATED, RUNNING INTO THE PORT BOW OF THE VESSEL IN SLIP 7
INDIAN ROCKS BEACH