RedactedNarrative: On july 4th, 2020 around 01:30am, subject and his family were sleeping in their anchored 36'' o''day sailboat, off of hawkins beach, just west of bath creek in beaufort county.  Around this time, an unknown vessel struck the stern of v1 owner''s sailboat. V1 owner and his wife went on the deck to see what the noise was and discovered a white boat had struck the stern of the sailboat.
  
  Two passengers from the unknown white boat were ejected from the boat at the time of impact with the sailboat. V1 owner and his wife helped one boater named onto their sailboat while trying to access injuries and damage from the boating incident. At this time, the white boat was taking in water and had visible damage to the center console of the boat. The sailboat had damage to the fiberglass of the stern. 
  
  V1 owner had taken down the unknown boater and passengers contact information before they attempted to head back to shore. The unknown boaters rushed off to bring one of their injured passengers to a hospital. 
  
  All of the numbers exchanged were not in-service or were not successful when v1 owner attempted to contact the other boaters afterwards. During this time v1 owner had made multiple calls to 911 and was able to be assisted by officer. V1 owners family and himself were not injured during this incident. 
  
  V1 owner did not display an anchor light during the time of this incident. I believe this was a contributing factor in the incident. Other factors are still being investigated.
  
  The unknown vessel involved in this incident and its passengers were later discovered. Operator2 was the operator and owner of the green jones brothers 16'' boat that had made impact with the back of v1 owners sailboat. Operator2, his friends had taken the boat for a recreational cruise around 8:30pm on july 3rd, 2020.  
  
  Operator2 and his guests had spent the later of the night on his boat watching the fireworks up towards bath creek. Around 01:30am on the 4th of july, operator2 and his guests decided to head back in towards dinah''s landing boating access area. Visibility conditions were poor at this time of night. Shortly after making their way back in operator2 had made impact with the stern of v1 owners sailboat launching two people off of his boat. A third had made impact with the center console of their boat. 
  
  Operator2 and his friends had exchanged numbers with v1 owner and his wife. After realizing that operator2s boat was taking on water due to damage to the frame of his boat, the group headed back to dinahs landing. The group had managed to get the boat off the water and did not get medical attention until the next day. Operator2 did not report the boating incident to authorities. It was later on that the wildlife officers in beaufort county had gotten information about the people involved in the incident. 
  
  Failure to have a proper lookout while operating a vessel after sunset with poor visibility conditions, and the sailboat not displaying proper anchor lights were the contributing factors involved with this incident. V1 owner is being charged with failing to display an anchor light while anchored on the waters on this state and operator2 is being charged with failing to report the occurrence within 10 days of the incident.
  