VESSEL 1 OPERATED BY operator LEFT RIVER CITY AROUND 1AM.  HE WAS GOING NORTH ON MAIN CHANNEL ON LAKE NORMAN.  VESSEL 1 WAS HEADING BACK HOME.  VESSEL 1 TURNED OFF THE MAIN CHANNEL, THINKING HE WAS STILL ON MAIN CHANNEL.  VESSEL 1 MANEUVERED INTO A LARGE COVE AROUND MARKER 17B.  AT THIS TIME VESSEL 1 STRUCK A LARGE BOAT DOCK AND PIER . VESSEL 1 BOW STRUCK DOCK, AT THIS POINT OF IMPACT, THE VESSEL'S HULL RODE UP ON DOCK, SENDING THE VESSEL AIRBOURNE.  THE VESSEL CAME TO REST WITH BOW LODGED INTO THE ROOF OF THE BOAT DOCK, STERN WAS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE SUBMERGED.  THE THROTTLE WAS ENGAGED 3/4 THROTTLE.  FIRE & EMS WERE DEPLOYED AND WERE FIRST ON THE SCENE.  operator WAS TAKEN TO LAKE NORMAN RIGIONAL HOSPITAL AND RELEASED.
SHERRILLS FORD                