RedactedNarrative: On september 30, 2017, at around 11:30am, i received a telephone call from mountain view marina on hiwassee lake.  The lady on the telephone stated that one of their boat renters had struck two other boats at the marina causing damage to all three boats.  She also stated that no one was injured. 
  
  I arrived at the marina at around 12:45. There i found nine individuals waiting inside a 25' sylvan pontoon boat.  The boat had been re-docked at this time.  I also found that operator1 was the operator of the vessel.  Each individual gave a written witness statement as to what happened except for operator1.  She, however, did complete the 4.1 boating accident report form and gave a verbal statement.  I also was given a written statement from one of the employees of the marina who was helping operator1 push away from the dock at the time of the incident.  I was also able to get a statement from two fishermen who witnessed the incident.
  
  In all, operator1 and her friends rented the pontoon from the marina that day to take a cruise on hiwassee lake.  An employee of the marina took the group to the vessel that was to be rented, placed the group inside the vessel, and gave some brief instructions on its operation.  The employee then began to assist operator1 with backing the pontoon out of the slip it was parked in.  In doing so they noticed two fishermen in a boat just across the open bay from them who they perceived to be too close for operator1 to safely turn the pontoon to exit the bay into the main lake.  The fishermen were asked to move out of the way by the employee.  They moved slightly away and closer to the boat slips on the other side of the bay as what operator1 was exiting but did not exit the bay. The fishermen felt the pontoon had plenty of room to turn and exit into the main lake. 
  
  As operator1 exited the boat slip, the back of the vessel was turned to the left hand passenger side. The vessel had completely exited the slip and was somewhat pointed out of the bay toward the main lake.  Operator1 then placed the throttle into forward gear and began trying to turn the driver's wheel to the right.  However, the pontoon was still much too close and pointed at such an angle toward the boat slip she had just came out of that the left front of the pontoon struck the motor of another vessel that was parked in an adjoining slip.  This damaged the propeller, skeg, and scratched the housing of the motor on that vessel. Also, after the front left of the vessel collided with amotor, the rear of the pontoon operator1 was operating swung in and toward the boat slips. In doing this the rear left corner of the pontoon struck the motor of another rental boat owned by the marina. This punctured the housing of that motor but did not accumulate any internal damage to the motor. The pontoon that was being operated by operator1 then skipped off the two parked boats on and out toward open water.  She then motored the vessel around to the store area of the marina to discuss what had happened.
  
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