RedactedNarrative: On 07/23/2022, Subject1 was operating his Regal Fastrac boat on Tims Ford Lake, when the boat ran aground near point marker 5/Jollys Rock.   Subject1 said that they had been out cruising, had gone up to the causeway at Lost Creek, and were returning to their lake house.  According to Subject1, at around 2200, as they were approaching the mouth of the cove that goes back the Subject1''s dock, somebody mentioned seeing the Big Dipper constellation overhead,  Subject1 looked up at the sky and was distracted for too long.  By the time Subject1 looked back to where they were going, it was too late to keep from hitting the bank.  
  
  Subject1''s boat ramped up onto the bank between some trees and came to rest a few feet from the water.  Subject1 believes that the boat was going around 17mph when they struck the bank.  None of the occupants of the boat were injured beyond some scrapes and bruises.  Subject1 admitted to having been drinking before the incident, although he felt that the alcohol was not impairing his ability to drive the boat at the time.  Subject1 said that he had had 3 beers between 2pm and 10pm (when the incident occurred).  one of the Subject1''s neighbors, was coming into the cove after the incident occurred.  He picked up the Subjects and took them back to the Subject1''s house. 
  
  TWRA Officers were not notified of the incident until the following day, when someone called in the abandoned boat on the bank.  Boating Officer was the first on scene.  Off. was able to get the registration number and make contact with Subject1 by phone and determined that nobody was missing or injured.  Other TWRA officers arrived on scene later and Sgt. interviewed Subject1 and took pictures of the scene/vessel.  The Franklin County Rescue Squad was notified and they brought out one of their boats to pull Subject1''s boat back into the water.  An off duty Tims Ford State Park Ranger came out with a chain saw to cut some branches and small trees out of the way so that the Rescue Squad could pull the boat back into the water.  Once Subject1''s boat was back in the water, Subject1 was able to start it and drive it back to his dock.  Subject1 then put his boat on the boat lift, at his dock.  Officers inspected and photographed the underside of the boat and found a lot of scratches and scrapes on the underside of the hull.  One damaged area was located on the starboard side hull, towards the front of the boat, where the clear coat was cracked/chipped, the area was around a foot long and a couple of inches high.  A cushioned seat in the front of the boat was damaged in the impact, and a plastic vent cover was missing from the side of the boat as well.
  
  Subject1 had the damage to the boat looked at and received an estimate of $6000-$8000 to fix it.  In addition to the damage to the hull, the skeg was bent and needed to be replaced.
  