RedactedNarrative: 14 foot sailing vessel pulled under Whale Harbor Bridge due to strong current. 
  On Sunday, March 11th, 2018 at approximately 8:55 PM, I Officer  we of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), were both in uniform, in a marked patrol vessel in Tavernier Creek. We were dispatched to a boating accident where a sailing vessel reportedly struck the Whale Harbor Bridge. 
  At approximately 9:11 PM, we arrived on scene. I observed a small red sailboat with its mast pinned under the Whale Harbor Bridge. One older male, Operator 1 was still onboard the vessel. I asked the man onboard if he was injured and if anyone was in the water, to which he replied he was not injured and that he was alone on the vessel. I threw Operator 1 a life jacket and once he put it on I assisted the male onboard the patrol vessel. Operator 1 stated he was a member of Towboat U.S. An Officer contacted Capt. from Towboat U.S. in Islamorada, Florida. Capt. gave a 25 minute estimated time of arrival. 
  At approximately 9:47 PM Towboat U.S. arrived on scene. Operator 1 got onboard the Towboat US vessel and assisted the captain in the removal of his own vessel from under the Whale Harbor Bridge. Once the sailboat was freed, Operator 1 got back on board his vessel which had sustained minor damage from being pushed against the bridge. Vessel was still seaworthy. Operator 1 lowered the sail and gathered his personal belongings. While the captain of the Towboat U.S. vessel prepared to tow Operator 1's vessel, Operator 1 stated that he was leaving our Whale Harbor station after speaking with an officer to get directions to Buttonwood Sound and while trying to enter back into the Whale Harbor channel on the bay side of the bridge, the current was too strong for him and it pulled his vessel towards the ocean side and under the bridge where his mast got caught underneath.