Vessel 1 (Patience), owned by Newport Yatch Club was being operated by employee. There were 4 other passengers on board.  According the dock mater's statement, the mooring line that mates up with the forward cleat on the port side of the Patience must have been partially over hanging the edge of the floating dock.  The port aft cleat of boat hooked onto the end loop of the mooring line that mates to the forward cleat on the boat.   As the boat pulled away from  the dock in forward gear, the force of the boat pulling on the short mooring line caused the cleat on the dock to be pulled out, fly towards the boat and struck a passenger in the back.
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