ON 10/5/13 AT APPROXIMATELY 1130, VESSEL 1 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND FROM THE ICW THROUGH THE HILLSBORO INLET BRIDGE, NOTHEAST OF MARKER 71 WHENIT CRASHED INTO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE HILLSBORO BRIDGE'S WOODEN FENDER SYSTEM.  V1 OPERATOR STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GO THROUGH THE HILLSBORO BRIDGE WHEN HE GOT CAUGHT IN A STRONG OUTBOUND CURRENT WHICH CAUSED HIM TO COLLIDE INTO THE BRIDGE'S FENDERS, V1 OPERATOR  HAD NO PASSENGERS ABOARD AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AND WAS NOT INJURED.  NOTE THAT V1 SUSTAINED HEAVY FIBERGLASS DAMGE ALONG THE PORT SIDE GUNWALE STRETCHING FROM THE BOW OF THE VESSEL PAST MID-SHIP.  I INSPECTED THE HILLSBORO BRIDGE AND FOUND ONLY MINOR SCUFF MARKS ON TEH WOODEN FENDERS.
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