RedactedNarrative: A 36" Morgan Sailboat struck new dock at Dockside Inn causing damage to the dock.  The vessel with two persons on board left the scene and exited the Ft Pierce Inlet. The vessel was stopped a short time later offshore traveling northbound. 
  
  While I was on scene with the dock master the Sheriffs Office called to say they had located the vessel about a mile offshore  east of Pepper Park on North Hutchinson Island. I immediately went to City Marina and boarded my patrol vessel and proceeded to the location where  the vessel was located. 
  
  I pulled along side of the 36'  sailboat that was occupied by two.  When asked about the incident at Dockside they advised that it was them and that they had indeed struck the dock.  White stated that he was operating the vessel and had it on auto pilot.. He stated that he went below deck to check equipment.  There was a very swift current at the time and the auto pilot was not able to hold it's course causing the vessel to veer into the dock.
  