RedactedNarrative: At approximately 12:30 p.m. on 06-24-2017, Sgt was notified of a boat accident in the Lake Catherine area and responded to the scene at Island Marina.  According to witnesses at the scene, a 21' Cape Horn(Vessel 1), was maneuvering in the canal off of Lake Catherine at the Island Marina when he lost control and struck a 26' Twin Vee (Vessel 2) which was unoccupied and moored to the dock at the time of impact. 
  
  Operator1 stated that he was trying to avoid hitting a vessel that the wind was pushing him towards and put his vessel in reverse to do so. He then realized that he was about to strike a nearby piling and put his vessel back in forward gear but did end up hitting the piling, causing him to slip and fall, and to lose control of his vessel. 
  
  When this happened, he accidently put the vessel in a hard acceleration and struck Vessel 2 which was unoccupied and moored to the dock a short distance away. Vessel 1 impacted Vessel 2 with it's bow, just occurred on Vessel 2 while there was only very minor damage to Vessel 1. Neither Operator1 nor his passenger were injured in this incident. Drugs and alcohol were not a contributing factor in this incident.  Proper and correct number of PFD's were onboard Vessel 1. Evidence shows that Operator1 was not totally aware of his surroundings and failed to recognize and avoid possible hazards around him. Vessel 2’s owner was on scene at the time of this incident.
  